A one week extension for the Ultimate Rewards Mall
As far as I can tell, nothing has changed. Yesterday, a number of ads on the Ultimate Rewards Mall site said that the deals were “valid through Feb 28th” so I speculated that...
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 to Delta’s almost-top-tier Platinum status. Getting to Platinum status requires...
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 is some reason to believe we’ll see some changes in...
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 the Ultimate Rewards Mall. I was tempted to try to...
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. Now, with gas prices rising through the roof, it’s time...
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 that Sears is now down to 6 miles per dollar. ...
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 signups and focus instead on earning elite status, points, and...
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, but hey free points are free points. The idea is...
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 sign-up bonuses, gain bonus miles or elite status from high...
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...
