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 $100 per day or more. If you're staying a while,...
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 to do it. For example, if you're hoping for a...
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 device turns a wired internet connection into a wireless one....
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 two is a bit tortuous. I'm writing from my room...
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 that existed, but also overwhelmed by the complexity. There seemed...
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 trying this, please review the "Risks" section at the bottom...
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, your miles can be a life saver. Take this...
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 a million points a year by signing up for these...
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. This may not sound like much until you look at...
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 for Sears' purchases. However, for those with Chase rewards...
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 of a little car with a vertical gear that was...
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 of poverty. By making loans through the Kiva website, you...
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 10 points per dollar for Sears' purchases. However, for those...
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 first through the Mr. Rebates shopping portal, you can get...
