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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…

The Monetization of Your Credit Score; Or: How Travel is Not Free

November 14, 2013

Today I’d like to address a very common misconception that continues to perpetuate online: The idea that Travel (with Miles) is Free. Travel is…

Extending Milenomics Lessons Into the Real World

November 13, 2013

I’m excited to be home from my trip up to Seattle, Port Angeles, and The Olympic National Forest. Quick getaways like this are an…

Using Demand Schedules to Target Earnings

November 1, 2013

We’ve been slightly sidetracked by the recent United news that came out early today. Please focus discussion on that devaluation either on FT or…

The Rule of 7, and Using it To Find Your Limits

October 26, 2013

In my last post I talked about how we can remove inefficiencies in our personal Milenomics Mileage Runs. In doing so we spoke a…

Do you suffer from Range Anxiety? Milenomics Can Help

October 10, 2013

– Are your mile balances piling up? – Are you paralyzed with fear over redeeming your miles for less than their maximum value? -Do…

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…

How to Plan for Catastrophic Failure With A Financial Firewall

October 6, 2013

Yesterday’s post, “The Icarus Paradox,” talked about the tools that credit card companies have to fight back against us. There truly are roadblocks every…

The Icarus Paradox–When Banks Clip Our Wings

October 5, 2013

We’ve gone over plenty of great ways to earn and use miles these past few weeks. However I’d like to get a little serious…