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Breaking the Cycle of Free Upgrades: Delta’s latest Changes for Medallions

December 10, 2013

Stay with me on this post–I’ll be covering Delta’s latest changes. For everyone (non elites included) except Delta’s JFK Based Elite we’re seeing a…

Award Tool Belts: Crafting One to Avoid Award Fees

November 25, 2013

Note:if you’re a #101 level Milenomic you can disregard this post. Capital One has been using the phrase “what’s in your wallet?” for quite some…

Should You Write Delta A Dear John Letter Next Year?

November 22, 2013

Dear John Delta, I hope this letter doesn’t shock you. I can no longer continue with this relationship. When we started going together you were…

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…

A More In-Depth Look at Demand Schedules

October 31, 2013

I’ve talked about Demand schedules for a few months now–introducing them as a part of “The Law of Supply and Demand of Miles.” Today we’ll…

US Airways One Way Awards–The Milenomics Way

October 29, 2013

Note: Today’s Post is only for #101 level Milenomics. Most of us should be using our US Airways miles for international travel. A good post…

Using Delta Miles to get to South Africa in Business Class (4 CPM)

October 23, 2013

I mentioned a few months ago that my wife and I are planning a South Africa Trip, and that the cheapest miles I have…

EQM-Zero, and 5 Ways to Pay Less Than 25,000 miles for Award Flights

October 20, 2013

Note:I added this post to the series on BYOE. This post doesn’t exactly “fit” with the others, but I really enjoyed writing it so…

A Trap Has Been Set, and Your Elite Status is the Bait

October 18, 2013

Note:#401 level travelers, especially those who’s employers pay for their flights should consider themselves exempt from these posts. We’ve covered it here before,…

1.84 Cent Per Mile Delta Skymiles Redemption With the Hybrid System

October 16, 2013

Yesterday we used a real world example of my flight to Seattle in a few weeks to show how we trade time for miles….