Using our Avios, AA and UA Miles for a Hawaiian & European Vacation December 6, 2013 Note: Today’s post is hypotehtical–the miles don’t exist, but the bookings are real, and could be done today if you so choose. Post is…
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…
Preparing for Winter Credit Card Calendar (CCC) Apps December 3, 2013 Three months ago I introduced the CCC in the Post, “The Credit Card Calendar: 32 Miles per Dollar all year long.” For those of…
United in 2014: Breaking Up is Hard to Do November 21, 2013 Note: This post is intended for #301’s, and #401’s. Today I’ll discuss strategies for those of you currently holding status and trying to decide…
Time Decay & Depreciation of Miles November 18, 2013 The idea of how miles “work” is often hard for people to comprehend right away. This learning curve can be quite hard to get…
Define Long Term and Short Term for Your Mile Earning/Burning November 11, 2013 Short Term & Long Term. It seems that a lot of us only approach these two terms when deciding which lot to park in at the…
Extracting More Value from United Award Flights November 6, 2013 Yesterday I wrote about using Award Nexus to search for flights. I used the service to search for a United award to Thailand. Award…
Using Award Nexus to Help Book United Awards (ORD-BKK) November 5, 2013 Regardless of how you feel about the news from last week regarding United–we still have plenty of time to use our United Miles under…
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…
Quick Analysis of United’s Recent Devaluation Announcement November 1, 2013 Both Will Run For Miles and Frugal Travel Lawyer wrote today about United’s recent devaluation. If you haven’t heard yet–it is pretty bad for…