New Walmart eReceipts Help Keep Track of Spending. Should You Use Them? July 23, 2014 Those of you who spend a good amount of time at Walmart have probably noticed the latest update to their POS system now has…
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…
United Copies Delta, To Go Revenue Based on Accrual in 2015 June 10, 2014 United annouunced, somewhat un-gracefully, that starting March 1, 2015 they will be going to a revenue based accrual model which closely resembled Delta’s planned…
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…
How Delta Tried to Turn Car Trouble into Highway Robbery May 21, 2014 I’ll be the first to admit the story that follows is mostly my fault. I’m sharing it to 1) Serve as a cautionary tale, and 2)…
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…
The Best Travel Cash Back Card, And How to Use it April 24, 2014 Yesterday we talked about the Best Cash Back Card on Earth, and today we’ll follow it up with a post about the Best Travel…
Balance Miles and Cash Back in the Face of Devaluations April 8, 2014 Today’s “no-knock” American Airlines/US Airways surprise devaluations have the mile-verse spinning. Once mighty and customer-centric AA has shown its new stripes, and we’re all…