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Secure and Keep Your Chase UR Without Paying an Annual Fee

February 19, 2015

We’ve introduced some of you to the Chase Freedom (Preferred) card here this week on Milenomics. Today I want to go a little deeper…

Upgrade Your Chase Sapphire Preferred and Earn 7,500 UR (or more!)

February 17, 2015

Today I’ll go over a way to supercharge your Chase Sapphire Preferred, earning 7,500 or more UR along the way. I’ll go over why…

Are Opportunity Cost and Your Subconscious Hurting Your Bottom Line?

February 6, 2014

We’ll start today with a question: I’d like to ask you to decide which path would you follow: Maximum Miles for Real Spending? or Maximum…

Bearish or Bullish? The Answer Will Define What Cards you Apply For

December 4, 2013

We’re continuing to do research into what cards to apply for our Winter Credit card Calendar applications. A few days ago in the post on Market…

Beware of Diminishing Returns when Applying for Credit Cards

November 15, 2013

Note: This is not a post for those with excellent credit. With excellent credit your declines are usually because you have too many cards…

Can (and should) You Pool Miles Within Your Household?

October 9, 2013

All this week we’ve been talking about Resource Management of Miles. Resource Management is the grouping of resources to spread out risk and/or maximize…

Saturday Reminder: Get Paid to Buy Miles Through 10/8/13

September 21, 2013

As I outlined a little over a week ago There is currently a deal at Safeway brand stores whereby you can purchase Visa or…

The Basics of Frequent Flyer Miles

September 20, 2013

The most common excuse I hear from people why they don’t want to get started collecting miles is that they think it is too…

What Happens to My Miles When I Close a Credit Card?

September 19, 2013

In response to reader feedback I’ve written this post. If you have other questions feel free to leave a comment, email me: samsimontravel@gmail.com, or…

A more in-depth look at Chase UR

September 7, 2013

Earlier today I posted about the Chase Freedom vs. Chase Sapphire Preferred. In that post I outline the best parts of the CSP–notably the…