Looking Back and Scoring my 2018 Predictions
The end of another year is nearly upon us. Just as Robert reviewed his hopes and fears a few days ago, I’m doing the same here for my predictions for
Best Brokerage Bonuses for December 2018
I like to take a look at where our investement accounts are held each year around this time. Sometimes you can earn a nice bonus for transferring funds in-kind (without
How did my 2018 Hopes & Fears turn out?
My very first post since joining with Sam here on Milenomics was: Points & Miles Hopes And Fears For 2018 What a year it has been. Before we close out
How to Combine Disney Gift Cards
If you’ve taken advantage of some of the discounted Disney gift card deals that we’ve posted, you probably have a nice stack of cards that you’re keeping track of. We’ve
Why and How: Generating and Using an Amex Referral
Thanks to updates they made in 2018, the Amex referral program is the best in the credit card space. What’s great about them is that: Most of the offers are
Episode 8 – 5x Categories, Office Supply GCs, Bed Bath deal, Chase/Disney Non-News
On today’s show: 0:30 2019 5x/5% Categories Available for Activation Citi Dividend 5% categories announced for 2019. Drugstores in Q2. Can use all $6,000 in one quarter. Card not..
Booking Tools: A [Re]Introduction to Airline Route Mapper.
Dear Airline Route Mapper, Hello Old Friend. I’ve missed you. I often times think back to those years we spent booking award tickets fondly. I will say that ever since
Human Genetic Engineering Can’t Work
At least not the way you want it to.
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about two related stories that recently crossed my desk. In one, our top Chinese scientists are
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Most & Least Touristy Countries [Interactive Maps & Full Data Sets]
If you want to see our InfoGraphic and recent post on this data, see our other post called “Most & Least Touristy Countries InfoGraphic“.
This post has interactive maps, more dat..
Do this now: link your JetBlue and Delta accounts to Lyft
Last month I wrote about Lyft’s partnership with the Ebates app, which allows you to earn $1 in Ebates cash back each time you start a Lyft booking through the
Episode 97 – Festivus the Third with Sam from Milenomics
Episode Description
We’re back for our third ever Festivus Celebration with special guest, Sam from Milenomics. We air our grievances against the airlines, hotels, and banks, sho..
Everyone should have access to the federal Thrift Savings Plan, but not for you reason you think
Shortly before his humiliation and expulsion from public life, Florida Senator Marco Rubio resurrected the idea of allowing some non-government employees to invest in the Thrift..
[The Only?] American Airlines AAdvantage Award Chart
Another airline that did away with their traditional award chart is American Airlines, so I again decided to make one of my own.
Bookmark this page if you want quick access to
What was behind Robinhood’s very bad week?
Since the product was announced on Thursday I’ve been following with interest the drama surrounding Robinhood’s “Checking and Savings” product, which has since been put on hold ..
How to book Disney tickets on the Chase travel portal and how much it will cost you
A couple of weeks ago, Points to Neverland wrote about a backdoor method for booking Disney World tickets on the Chase travel portal. At the time, we internally marked the
Ep 6 & 7 – Staying in Chase’s Good Graces, ODOM & Simon Mall GC Sales, CapitalOne 2-to-1
Today we’re back with a double episode of the Milenomics² No Annual Fee Edition Podcast. In addition to the following news: 0:30 Office Depot/Office Max $10 off $300 MCGCs (link)
An annoying (but probably good) change to Visa gift cards from Staples.com
Like most (all?) travel hackers, I consider flexible Chase Ultimate Rewards points to be the most valuable currency for hotels (World of Hyatt) and award tickets (United Mileage ..
[The Only] Flying Blue Award Chart
AirFrance’s Flying Blue Miles removed their award chart, so I decided to make one of my own.
The problem is that prices vary from one city to the next, and the
Havasupai Falls: The Best Waterfalls I’ve Seen
The Havasupai Falls are a section of the Grand Canyon called the Garden Of Eden in the desert. Although, it’s not in the Grand Canyon National Park, as it’s on
The SEC offers free financial planning tools. Are they any good?
This is a funny thing I was unaware of until I saw someone mention it on Twitter the other day: the SEC hosts a website offering free financial planning tools.
Why I Don’t Pay Attention to Fare Sales and Hotel Deals
Every day there’s a new airfare sale, hotel deal or hot redemption that comes along. Invariably, when I check whether these sales are leveragable for an upcoming trip I’m planning
Book review: Reihan Salam and the limits of American greatness
The local public library recently spit into my hands Reihan Salam’s slender volume about US immigration policy, “Melting Pot or Civil War? A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Agai..
Everyone's a Radisson thinkfluencer now
Radisson Rewards seems to have hired a new marketing agency, and they’re trying to make a splash. Last week I got a funny e-mail from an “Associate” at Wye Communications,