Yearly Archives: 2011
Save with near-airport car rentals
When booking travel around the holidays, car rentals can be shockingly expensive. Rentals that are usually about $30 per day often shoot up to...
Check your bags all the way
The last thing you would expect to find on a BoardingArea blog is advice in favor of checking bags. There are many reasons not...
Better Hotel Internet
One unusual gadget I take with me whenever I travel is a wireless pocket router. Just like a standard wireless router, this...
It never hurts to ask
I'll keep this post short since I'm writing on my iPad's touch screen. I love my iPad, but writing more than a sentence or...
The Perfect Perpetual Point Machine, Part 1
I began blogging as FrequentMiler with a goal of simplifying free travel. As a newbie to travel hacking I was amazed by the opportunities...
How to buy points and miles for less than a penny
CAUTION: While this post offers a way to buy points and miles at bargain rates, there are serious risks involved in this approach. Before...
Use airline miles for last minute travel
It's often difficult to get good value from domestic award redemptions, especially with Delta. In the case of last minute, unexpected travel, though,...
How to meet credit card spend thresholds without breaking a sweat
Credit card sign-up bonuses these days are amazing: 40,000 miles! 50,000 points! 75,000 miles! And so on. A person can rack up close to...
Free Filtered Water at any Hotel
This quick tip comes courtesy of my wife, Mrs. Miler:
One of the perks of elite status at some hotels is free bottled water. ...
Buy American Airlines Miles for less than 1.6 cents each. No limit.
THIS DEAL IS NOW DEAD: As reported by DealsWeLike (see comments), the Aadvantage shopping mall is no longer offering 10 points per dollar...
Perpetual Point Machine… Not!
When I was very young I invented a perpetual motion machine (a machine that runs on its own power, forever). I drew a picture...
How to maximize points and virtue through Kiva loans
ABOUT KIVA
Kiva is a nonprofit organization that provides micro-loans to enterprising individuals around the world so that they may earn their own way out...
40,000 AA miles for $2000 Sears spend!
THIS DEAL IS NOW DEAD: As reported by DealsWeLike and a reader named Joe (see comments), the Aadvantage shopping mall is no longer offering...
Chase Sapphire: 43% off Land’s End Purchase + Free Shipping!
For those of you who love to get stuff from Land's End, here's an outstanding deal. If you shop Land's End online by going...
