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CategoryEpisode 40: Summer Travel, AirBnB / VRBO Vacation Rentals
We’re back with a bit of a stretch for our ‘short cut’ topic. Robert and I sat down to have a quick chat about…
The Plastiq website redesign and a "known issue" with recurring payments
Plastiq occupies a strange space in the world of travel hacking, since almost everyone seems to have strong feelings about it, but for a wide range of different reasons. When
Five profitable things to do with low-interest loans
Become a Patron!I’ve written many times about my fondness for low-interest, and especially low-fee, balance transfer and cash advance credit cards, which allow consumers to borro..
Interest rates on rewards credit cards are all over the place — act accordingly
In the range of hobbies between croquet and wingsuiting, most people recognize that travel hacking is on the more dangerous end of the spectrum. Not because you’re likely to be
Making the decision to keep my Delta Platinum Business card
I wrote last month about a little experiment I was running with my American Express Delta Platinum Business companion ticket. By booking a ticket before May 31, 2020, for travel
Pro tip: using the 1Password iPhone browser to painlessly add just for U offers
On the occasion of a new Safeway offer for $10 off $100 in Visa gift cards, I thought I would share my preferred technique for adding these offers to all
IHG Award Sale Extended to California and More
Recently, IHG’s dynamic award pricing went live. Up to then, “dynamic pricing” has registered in my brain as synonymous with evil devaluation. In this case though, it introduce..
The more you know: earning secret Giant gas and grocery points
I’ve been doing most of my grocery store manufactured spend lately at Safeway, since they’ve had great offers recently for better-than-free Visa and MasterCard prepaid debit card..
Three notes on Chase Sapphire Preferred and Reserve grocery statement credits
I haven’t had a Chase Sapphire card in a long time, having downgraded my Preferred years ago to a second Freedom card and replacing it with an Ink Plus card
Office Depot 5x on the Delta Sky Miles Portal + Stacking Opportunity!
Just a quick post to share that Office Depot is 5x on the Delta Sky Miles Portal! Take a look, via the Daily Tagging Miles Portal AlertsWhich will link you to
Episode 39: Emirates Fuel Surcharges/Instagram Live
Update: Here’s link to the Instagram Live video Last week Emirates greatly reduced taxes + fees on awards on their metal using their Skywards…
Now Live: Chase Sapphire Pay Yourself Back
Late last week Chase announced enhancements to their Sapphire credit cards including a new featured called Pay Yourself Back. Pay Yourself Back is a…
How I'm thinking about traveling safely
It has been interesting, to say the least, to see how the travel industry has responded to the present crisis so far.Air travel, for example, never fully shut down as
Thinking about travel (asthejoeflies #10)
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My COVID-19 Delta companion ticket experiment (and one weird datapoint)
Most people aren’t in a position to plan travel these days, but like me, you might be in a position where you need to book travel. In my case, that
Mass death is a supply shock, too
Become a Patron!It became fashionable in the 20th century to distinguish between two kinds of sudden changes, or “shocks” that could impact an economy, for better or worse: deman..
Thoughts on receiving both EIDL and PPP loans
Become a Patron!Last week I wrote about my successful Economic Injury Disaster Loan experience, and mentioned in passing “the programs are very different, and while not technica..
My Unemployment Insurance Saga, or, Not All Heroes Wear Capes
Become a Patron!This is a post I’ve been looking forward to writing for 7 weeks, and had started to give up hope I’d ever be able to publish: today I
My successful Economic Injury Disaster Loan story
Become a Patron!I’ve been looking forward to this post for over a month, so I’m glad to finally be able to write up the complete story of my Economic Injury
Introducing the Manifesto, on the Milenomics Podcast Network
Today I get to share some exciting news about a project that’s been in the works for a few weeks: the Manifesto podcast, hosted by yours truly on the Milenomics
Introducing, The Manifesto With the Free-quent Flyer [New Podcast]
A quick programming note here–we’ve expanded our offerings for our Milenomics Podcast Network Patrons to include a third show. Today we’re extremely proud to…
COVID, cancellations, schedule changes, and refunds
This was originally going to be a quick hit on my experience cancelling an Alaska Airlines reservation for a trip I had been planning to take this summer, but then
Two great, one good, and one marginal grocery store earning boost
By now you may have heard that starting May 1, 2020, Chase and American Express have enhanced the rate that several of their cards earn miles and points at grocery