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Extend Make-or-Buy Analysis to Your Travels

April 18, 2016

Miles are addictive. This addiction causes two types of actions in almost all afflicted parties: Greed for more miles and Hoarding of existing stock….

Update: My Risky Balance Transfer Strategy Strikes Out

September 29, 2014

A little over a month ago I detailed a complex (and risky) strategy to earn more miles here on the Blog. It involved a two…

The Shortest Distance Between Two Points is Not Always a Straight Line

August 8, 2014

Yesterday we discussed a complex and risky strategy to earn miles while paying an American Express card. Today we’ll look at a way to…

Scalablity — You Either Have It or You Don’t

July 3, 2014

Today’s post is focused squarely on supply side Milenomics. I won’t get into how many miles you should be collecting, but I will caution you, you…

$13 in Free Groceries when you Buy $200 Visa Gift Cards at Safeway 6/18-7/15

June 19, 2014

Update #2 (6/22): Safeway and/or Catalina seem to have changed this deal on us without notice. Two very alert readers, Randall and Jonathan noticed…

Frauded! US Bank Mastercard Gift Cards Hacked and Drained

June 9, 2014

Update: A Happy ending, two new cards arrived 8/20. When I activated both I was charged $5.95, but a quick phone call got…

9½ Weeks: The Float Rule In the Real World

June 5, 2014

This is likely the latest anyone has written a post about #MileMadness, as you’ll see this is a real update on spending that occurred…

Triple Dip and Get Paid to Buy Lots of Miles at Safeway Stores! (5/21-6/3)

May 22, 2014

Update (5/29): It seems as though there are all kinds of promotions going on across the country, and most cash back discounts are not ringing up correctly…

Purchase Tracking Tools Revisited

May 12, 2014

We’ve discussed keeping track of your purchases here on Milenomics before. The original cost tracking posts here and here on Milenomics were written less than…

Quick Deal: Get Paid to Buy Miles at Safeway 3/26-4/22

March 27, 2014

Credit for this one goes to #Milenomic Elaine who shared this deal via a comment yesterday. We’ve covered these Safeway deals in the past here…