Do You Have the Time? (To Listen to Me Whine) March 20, 2014 #Milemadness is in full swing, we’re 2/3 through the month. I haven’t spent much time on the blog discussing the contest–that’s been on purpose….
#MileMadness Day 1 Recap; Day 2 Preview March 2, 2014 For those of you following the March Mile Madness Tournament Yesterday was the first day of competition. Others have filed their Day 1 reports…
Preparing for a Month of Heavy Spending; WIN-terizing My Wallet February 25, 2014 Yesterday the news was announced–March will be full of Madness this year as blogs and readers compete in a Tournament to see who can…
Putting Together a 2014-2015 Demand Schedule February 19, 2014 Housekeeping Note: I’ve been successful in moving over email subscriptions. If you didn’t get an email about this post you’ll want to re-subscribe to the…
Confirmed: PayPower Prepaid Visa Cards are Going Fee Free February 3, 2014 Update (3/20): The Monthly fee of $5.95 has been reported to be charged as early as 7 days after activation. This is much sooner…
No Fee Visa Gift Cards 1/22 – 1/28 at Safeway Stores January 22, 2014 Just a quick post to mention this deal. For the next week Safeway brand stores (Safeway, Vons, Randalls’, Tom Thumb and Pavillions) are offering…
Keeping Track of Purchases; Hold Then Fold, Roll & Tape, and More January 17, 2014 Reader Kate Posted a comment last week asking about how to keep everything straight with respect to payments, due dates, and such. Today I’ll…
Which Game Do You Play? Milenomics, or The Airline’s Game? December 11, 2013 We’ll be discussing the game we play today. I use the term “game” to describe our travel with miles because like most games there…
What is an Earn Ratio? And Why it is Important to Know Yours November 4, 2013 Between a quick analysis of the United MP changes, and calling out the guilty parties (ourselves included) I happened to mention I’m a dual-earn…
Removing Inefficiencies in Your Churn and MMR October 25, 2013 Would you run your business without an idea what your input costs were? I’m sure some business do–but I can’t see that working out….