Yearly Archives: 2011
Gift Card Harvesting
With a green gift card thumb, you can grow the value of your gift cards over time.
Buried deep in the comments section of an old, no longer viable Frequent Miler post, a reader tossed...
A Two Player PPM
This Perpetual Point Machine is best with two people working together.
In previous posts (such as this one), I defined the Perpetual Point Machine (PPM) as "a scheme in which, after a little...
Upgrade Sears Gift Cards at Sears
Sears sells other retailer gift cards, after all.
Well, well, look at that. Sears does sell gift cards (other than their own) after all. I've written a couple of posts recently...
Hurry: Lots of Ultimate Rewards for those who shop online
In the next few days, a number of online retailers will offer 10 to 15 Ultimate Rewards points per dollar for shopping online through the Ultimate Rewards Mall
Lands' End
December 2nd only, get 10 extra...
Business Class Tickets to Australia, Cheap
This deal is dead. :(
A resurfaced SkyMall promotion provides amazing opportunities.
In one of my earliest posts as Frequent Miler, I wrote: "Buy Samsung Tablet, Get 25,000 Delta Miles Free!" The SkyMall was running a...
Updated Deals — Hurry
Updates to a few short term deals
SkyMall
Last night I wrote about how to leverage a SkyMall deal to get business class tickets to Australia. Before anyone could actually read that post, however, the offer...
I’m in love with TSA PRE
TSA PRE is a new initiative being tested in which pre-screened passengers can go through security without taking off shoes and without taking laptops or liquids out of their bags. I've been lucky...
The Art of Gift Card Churning
If you've already mastered the art of credit card churning, consider adding gift card churning to your repertoire.
For most people new to travel hacking, learning about credit card churning is the first stop in...
Start Here
I've added a new permanent page to Frequent Miler, named "Start Here". To save you the trouble of having to click on a link, this post includes the full contents of the "Start Here"...
The Spouse and Upgrades Debate
If you have airline elite status, you've probably encountered this issue: you get upgraded, but your travel companion does not. The question is what to do? Take the upgrade and wish your companion well?...
Preparing for Miles
Today I added a new permanent page to the Frequent Miler site: Preparing for Miles. Look for the link at the top of every Frequent Miler page. This page will grow and evolve over...
Tomorrow only: meet minimum spend, get 22 points per dollar, elite status, and more
There are many ways to take advantage of Sears' 10 extra points per dollar, but you need to act fast! This deal is for December 9th only. Tomorrow only, Sears will be offering...
Mileage Run Shopping: Buying 162,000 Miles for $500
Today is my big, all day mileage run. It is also Sears' 10 points per dollar day via Chase. I plan to use Delta's in-flight wifi and the Sears deal to essentially...
Doing the AAdvantage Double Dip? Not Me.
Once again Sears is offering 10 Aadvatage miles per dollar through the Aadvantage eShopping Mall. Read on to find out why I'm staying away.
Several readers have pointed out that...
