Bed Bath and Far Beyond
In my recent post “10% off everything and 7% off everything else,” I showed how one could buy OfficeMax gift cards at a discount and then upgrade them in-store to more valuable gift cards...
Evening news
A seminar and a DO… Free Seminar in Honolulu For those who happen to be in Hawaii on July 21, you might want to pop in on MileValue’s free seminar. From 10...
Churning miles the old fashioned way
On Tuesday, I earned 240K miles the old fashioned way: credit card churning. I love dreaming up creative new ways to earning points and miles other than signing up for credit cards. For...
A quick Club Carlson update
Reminder: three of the four Club Carlson mega-promos are coming to an end soon (see details here). For those who registered for the fourth promotion (Park Plaza), you still have until August 28th to...
10% off everything and 7% off everything else
As I reported yesterday, it is now possible to get 10% cash back when buying OfficeMax gift cards. The trick is to use an American Express business credit card with OPEN Savings. The OPEN...
Office Depot 100% back in rewards + 15X points
Through July 14, Office Depot is offering a bunch of stuff for “100% back in rewards” for rewards program members: If you need any of these items, the best deal is to use...
OfficeMax Lab Results
Last week I reported that I was launching several Frequent Miler Laboratory experiments (see “Laboratory Preparations”). Most of the results are in and can be found on the Laboratory page (sort results by date...
Sears 15X: Companion Pass Success!
Wow, that’s a nice sight! My Southwest Airlines points posted today. Based on one day of online shopping, it looks like I’ve met the criteria for a free Southwest Airlines companion pass that will...
How I earned over 1 million points and miles in 6 months
Update: Offers discussed within this post were accurate at the time of writing but have long since expired. See our Best Offers page for current offer information.
In the past 6 months, I’ve earned over...
1,650 free-ish Ultimate Rewards points from Office Depot
A couple of Free After Rebate (FAR) deals at Office Depot can be a nice point bonanza for those with Chase Ink cards. As I reported earlier this month, Office Depot is currently...
How many Amex prepaid cards can I have?
Ever since I documented how to get 5X points pretty much anywhere using a Chase Ink Bold credit card (see “One card to rule them all”), I’ve been asked many times how many Prepaid...
Celebrate July 4th with 7.04X fireworks!
How to get 7.04 points per dollar buying fireworks on July 4th (7/04). Happy Fourth of July! Today’s post is a silly challenge: how to buy fireworks on July 4th (7/04) and...
Buying Platinum and a million miles: 6 month update
I’ve met only one out of two goals, but have managed to rake in over 1 million points and miles anyway… In January, I wrote about “my strategy to buy Platinum and...
