Yearly Archives: 2012
Hotel Living
Back in October, I read Gary’s View from the Wing post “Ten Year Hotel Stay Comes to an End” about a woman who lived in a hotel for 10 years. Ever since then, I’ve...
A four step Perpetual Point Machine
In previous posts (such as this one), I defined the Perpetual Point Machine (PPM) as “a scheme in which, after a little push, hotel points and/or airline miles are accrued over and over...
Evening News
My double dip experiment with the Aadvantage eShopping mall worked! I received 10 points per dollar for making a Sears.com purchase using gift cards. I had bought those gift cards for 10 points...
Frequent Miler’s Mad Laboratory
I can’t keep it all in my head! Frequent Miler’s frequent readers know that I frequently post information about tricks for gaining miles and points. These include tricks that have worked, tricks that...
Caught In The Middle on a Monday
My wife, who recently gained Gold status on Delta, just received an email in which Delta apologized for her having to sit in a middle seat on a Monday. And they awarded her...
Adventures on EBay
As I reported in earlier posts, on December 9th I bought several items from Sears and received over 20 Ultimate Rewards points per dollar. I then sold those items on EBay for a...
Weekend Update
Magazines.com My attempt to double dip by buying gift cards through the Ultimate Rewards Mall and then using the gift card through Big Crumbs failed. Big Crumbs reported 0 cash back for the...
Nook side chat
I’m giving away a Nook Color to a lucky person who contributes a comment to this post! If you have questions or comments about the contest or would like to praise someone for a...
Write a book, win a Nook!
This contest is now closed. The winner is revealed in the final comment below. Thank you for visiting my blog! If you have read my recent adventures on EBay, you know that...
Turn your Amex into Visa and Save $
American Express has some of the most generous rewards cards available. Some can be used to earn valuable, flexible points (e.g. Amex SPG, Premier Rewards Gold, etc.). Others can be used to earn...
Chase Ink Bold 10 Points Per Dollar
As you probably know, the new Chase Ink Bold business credit card is a great option for credit card churning. It offers 50,000 valuable Ultimate Rewards points after spending $5000 in three months with...
Nook Contest Update
The contest to Win a Nook is in full swing! Until Feb 14th, all you have to do to enter is add a single line to the ever growing story. Even better, you can...
20 Points Per Dollar at Kohl’s and Sears
Through a special triple dip with the Chase Ink Bold credit card, you can earn 20 points per dollar at Kohl’s and Sears! In a previous post, I wrote about how to get 10...
Hacking Hyatt
Buy Hyatt points for 1.59 cents each and get top tier Diamond status in return! Hyatt’s Q1 Promo and Diamond Challenge You’ve probably already heard about the upcoming Hyatt promotion in which you can...
