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 permanent page that you can access at any time from...
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 if you bought “free after rebate” software in order to...
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 and other tricks to spend a total of $110,000 on...
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 this work, but I received 1.6% of the gift card’s...
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 miles than on using them. Like many of you, I...
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 shipping for ShopRunner customers. I remembered that many people got...
Last day for thousands of free points
On Thursday I posted details of how to buy “free after rebate” software at Staples and, hopefully, receive thousands of Ultimate Rewards points. The rebate is really easy so this appears to be a...
Why I like Big Crumbs
Big Crumbs announces my failures, and I like it that way. As you probably know, I do a lot of experiments with shopping portals. For example, I’ll buy merchant gift cards for points...
Washing Walmart
Last month I bought a $500 Walmart gift card on EBay. When it arrived, I was afraid I had been scammed. Read on to see why I bought the card, why I feared trouble,...
Thousands of Free Ultimate Rewards Points!
This deal is only good through Saturday, so act fast! A reader tipped me off to this over the weekend (thanks!), but I just now got around to checking it out. Sorry for...
Today Only: Great deal on Nook Tablet
This is just a quick note that EBay is offering $50 off for the purchase of a new Nook Tablet. Use coupon code CNOOKDEAL.
Save even more by first buying EBay gift cards at...
Fair trading prices explained
A better way to estimate the acquisition value (not the redemption value) of points and miles. Last year I introduced the idea of Fair Trading Prices for points and miles. Fair Trading Prices...
Evening News
Buy.Com Gift Cards A reader has reported success in getting 5 points per dollar by going through the Ultimate Rewards Mall to Buy.com to purchase merchant gift cards (Home Depot was his example). They...
A prediction half right
With Valentine’s Day over, I was eager to see if the online shopping portals made any changes. Last night I made the following predictions: My guess is that nothing will change for...
