Laboratory Preparations
High on my Laboratory to-do list is to figure out which merchant gift cards are easily upgradeable. As I discussed in the post “The Art of Gift Card Churning,” some merchants will let you...
Ultimate Rewards Mall July Edition
Lowes, Office Depot and more move to 10X! Every month, the Ultimate Rewards Mall has new month-long specials. Last month, I wrote about the May specials in the post “Ultimate Rewards Mall June...
Ultimate Rewards Mall Goodies
Chase’s Ultimate Rewards Mall has some nice bonuses for July! Check back tomorrow for full coverage.
Frequent Miler’s Michigan Workation
This week, while our son is at camp, Frequent and Mrs. Miler have been enjoying our northern Michigan workation. Each morning we pull out our laptops to get an hour or two of work...
TopCashBack update
Regarding issues with getting cash back for Club Carlson stays… I received an email from Natasha at TopCashBack today. She says that the following message is being sent out to all TopCashBack members affected...
TopCashBack: what works, what doesn’t?
A while ago I suggested to TopCashBack that they double their Radisson cash back rate in conjunction with the big Club Carlson summer promotions (see “Breaking News: TopCashBack to double Radisson rebate”). Since then,...
Win a spot on the Star Mega DO
This is a quick note for those interested in attending this year’s Star Mega DO (basically a big party on a chartered jet for frequent flier fanatics, hosted by United Airlines). If you’re interested,...
Sears 15X: Rapidly Disappearing Rewards
Last month, for two days only, the Southwest Airlines shopping portal (Rapid Rewards Shopping) offered 15 points per dollar when shopping at Sears.com. In the post “Sears 15X: Leveraging the deal” I showed a...
Office Supply Roundup
OfficeMax, Office Depot, Staples…. Not only do some of the names sound the same, but the stores look the same and carry similar products. Despite these similarities, the points and miles schemes available at...
Mileage running, from home
High level airline elite status comes with many valuable perks such as free domestic first class upgrades (when available), elite security lines, waived fees (such as free checked bags, and free changes to award...
We Value Your Opinions
After netSpend shut down my account the other day and refused to tell me why, I haven’t been a big fan (see “We’re sorry, there is a problem with your account”). So, I found...
Where to buy Vanilla Reload Cards
UPDATE 11/26/2012: On the weekend of November 10th 2012, Office Depot stopped selling Vanilla Reload cards. As a result, most of the information below is now out of date. See Office Depot discontinues Vanilla...
How to finish off gift cards
If you’ve ever owned gift cards, you’ve probably encountered this issue. You use your gift card as intended until you have something like two dollars and 16 cents left on the card. For merchant...
We’re sorry, there is a problem with your account
I was wrong. I thought that using the NetSpend card for normal everyday purchases would be safe (see “NetSpend challenges the throne”). However, I tried to log into my account Tuesday evening and found...
