Loving Platinum
Last year I signed up for the Delta Reserve credit card and went on my first ever pure mileage run in order to get...
Ultimate Portal Predictions
I’ve made a bit of a game out of trying to predict Ultimate Rewards Mall changes. For examples see here and here. Well, there...
The surprising drugstore.com triple dip
My failed Drugstore.com experiment revealed a nice deal.. The Experiment Last month, drugstore.com offered 10 points per dollar for purchases made through...
Maximize gas station points and savings
Here are ways to ease the pain at the pump. Last month I published ways to maximize points per dollar at Amazon.com. ...
Weekend Update
Aadvantage eShopping Mall For quite a while Sears has offered 10 miles per dollar for purchases made through Aadvantage eShopping, but I found today...
My credit card churn dilemma
When the best laid plans go awry due to too much opportunity…
My intent this year was to go easy on new credit card...
Hundreds of Free Ultimate Rewards Points!
This deal is only good through Saturday Feb 25th, so act fast! OK, so this isn’t as good as last week’s similar offer,...
Churning merchant gift cards
Buying and selling discount gift cards is a good option if you are looking to increase credit card spending in order to qualify for...
More cards to consider
It’s been long overdue, but I finally got around to updating the Preparing for Miles page on the Frequent Miler blog. This is a...
Staples Points Posted
OK, so this is a little embarrassing. Last night I wrote that it might take a while for Ultimate Rewards Mall points to post...
Shopping for Millions
In January I reported my strategy to buy Delta Platinum status and a million miles. The idea is to use gift card churning...
Evening News
ShopAtHome Using the ShopAtHome cash-back portal, I tested the approach of getting 1.6% back for selling gift cards to CardPool.com. Amazingly, not only did...
MileWise: Like Kayak for Frequent Flyers
Find the best fare or award ticket option with a single search! The Frequent Miler blog tends to focus much more on earning...
ShopRunner Pay it Forward
Recently I was experimenting with various double-dip shopping portal scenarios and found that some of the online stores I was shopping in offered free...
