Add an extra $10K spend to your Amex or Ink
If you’re looking to meet minimum spend on a new credit card, or increase spend on a card with bonuses for high spenders, here’s a neat little trick. For this to work, you need...
Pie at 3.14X for Pi day 3/14
I don’t know how I missed it, but I just found out that today is Pi day! March 14 = 3.14. It’s too late in the day for me to get the free pie...
Evening News
Hurry, only a few hours left to do good for free Dan’s Deals has a post about how to donate $5 to an Austin Children’s Shelter and get $10 back from Amex. I just...
Buy books for 40X
I’ve written quite a bit in the past about Magazines.com offering 40 points per dollar through the Ultimate Rewards Mall. Most of these posts were reports of attempts to double dip by buying...
Weekend in Chicago: stuff to do
This is the final entry of my four part Chicago trip report: 1) getting there; 2) lodging; 3) eating; and 4) stuff to do. This photo of Chicago is courtesy of TripAdvisor ...
Triple dip anywhere
I’ve written before about how you can use the Chase Ink card to get 9 points per dollar when buying gift cards. The idea is to “double dip” by starting in the Ultimate Rewards...
Join the DO, get $25 free!
I’m posting now from the KivaDO in San Francisco. The Milepoint Lending team is here to meet with Kiva staff, learn more about Kiva and the good we do as Kiva lenders, and to...
Can I really buy 10?
Reminder: thousands of free points are still available until March 24. See this post for details. Don’t do it again, though, if you’ve already maxed out your rebate for this product. Several weeks...
Weekend in Chicago: Food!
This is the third of a four part Chicago trip report: 1) getting there; 2) lodging; 3) eating; and 4) stuff to do. This photo of Chicago is courtesy of TripAdvisor Our first...
Free (after rebate) Elite status!
Thanks to all of the FAR (free after rebate) deals I’ve been writing about, I’ve been upgraded to Plus status in the Staples Rewards program. Not only that, but I’m also just $220 away...
Weekend in Chicago: Lodging at the Conrad Hilton
This is the second of a four part Chicago trip report: 1) getting there; 2) lodging; 3) eating; and 4) stuff to do. This photo of Chicago is courtesy of TripAdvisor Conrad Chicago...
Gift cards: buy low, sell high, get cash back
Updated 5/7/2013 with new cash back rates In a previous post, I showed that it was possible to increase credit card spend (and thus earn points and miles) by buying and selling discounted merchant...
Weekend in Chicago: Getting there
Mrs. Miler, Tyler Miler, and I visited Chicago last weekend. I don’t usually write trip reports, but I learned a few cool things that I want to share. To keep it light, I’ll break...
Thousands of new, free Ultimate Reward points!
This deal is good until March 24th. Even though this sounds similar to items I blogged about before, this is a different product with a different rebate! The idea here is to go...
