Buy miles for 1.2 cents or less
A faster, better, easier way to buy miles and points
In a previous post, I showed how it is possible to buy airline miles and hotel points for less than a penny. The problem with...
SkyTeam Mega Do’h!
"Expect the FIRST Skyteam Mega DO in November 2012!"
I'm excited. For better or worse I've been a Delta frequent flyer for many years (if you count all of the years with Northwest). ...
How My Smartphone Saved my Butt
I write a lot about Sears gift cards. I've written about how you can use them to meet minimum credit card spend; how to use them to buy airline miles cheaply; and how...
Is the Kohls Double Dip Alive?
Kohls comes through with Ultimate Rewards points for gift card purchase
Well, well, look at that. It took more than two weeks to post, but the Kohls gift card that I bought by going...
A slow but viable Perpetual Point Machine
An enterprising reader volunteers a working PPM
Wow, I was late writing today's post when an enterprising reader helped me out by writing the post for me! First, if you are unfamiliar with the idea...
Best Travel Hack: Maximizing Airline Awards through Stopovers and More
This is the first in a series of posts highlighting what I consider to be the best travel hacks
Did you know that when you book award travel, you can make your points go further,...
How my $320 mileage run will result in 54000 Delta SkyMiles
Mileage Run Booked!
Last week I asked readers for help in constructing a mileage run to get me the last 4,288 miles needed to get to Platinum status on Delta. Darren showed me that...
Today Only! 20 Ultimate Rewards Points per dollar
Whether you want to buy a regular Groupon or a Groupon Getaway, you need to jump on this deal right away.
Via Chase's Ultimate Rewards Mall, Groupon purchases are awarded 20 points per...
One Point of View from the Wing at a Time
Heavyweight travel hackers Lucky and Gary spar over Membership Rewards
You probably already read the entertaining blog-post sparring between Gary (View from the Wing) and Lucky (One Mile at a Time). In case you haven't...
Do the Kiva Do
If you're like me, you not only love acquiring points and miles for free travel, but you love talking about it too. That's what's so cool about frequent flyer "dos": you get to meet...
Harry Potter Chased Away
Chase's Ultimate Reward is no longer the great deal it was
A few days ago, in the post titled "Chasing Harry Potter," I showed an incredibly good deal for those looking for single day Universal...
No Mega Deal at Kohls
In a prior post I wrote about a few strange things in the Chase Ultimate Reward mall having to do with Kohls. I speculated that it might be possible to double dip at Kohls...
Pursuing Platinum Day 2
It's time to choose
Yesterday I asked readers to help me construct a mileage run so that I could secure Delta Platinum status this year. I promised that whoever posted an idea that I use...
Pursuing Platinum
Good at constructing mileage runs? Please help!
I've obtained Delta Gold Elite status each of the past several years and I've enjoyed the perks: shorter security lines, priority boarding, elite seat selection, a voucher...
