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Manufacturing Spend: What still works September 2016?
UPDATE: Please find an up-to-date version of this post here:
Manufacturing Spend is the process of increasing credit card spend to earn rewards in ways that results in getting most of your money back....
Frequent Miler’s 5 Year Retrospective
It's hard for me to believe, but this blog is now officially 5 years old. My first Frequent Miler post, on September 2nd 2011, was a simple one-paragraph introduction. I followed up on September...
The art of gift card churning in 2016
What is gift card churning?
Gift card churning is the art of buying and liquidating gift cards for the purpose of saving money, earning money, earning extra points, and/or increasing credit card spend. Here are...
Changes In Ownership and Policies at Frequent Miler
By Julian, author of Devil’s Advocate...
I ain't going lie, folks. Greg wanted to break this big news to all of you himself and he won't realize I've used my Friday "Bet You Didn't Know" perch to beat him...
Starbird? Will the Starbucks prepaid card be the next big thing?
Starbucks has announced that they will introduce a prepaid card by the end of the year. Will this be the next big thing? For years, American Express prepaid products, Bluebird and Serve, made it...
Credit Card Spend in 2016 and Beyond
There was a time when the US Mint sold dollar coins online at face value, with free shipping, and allowed customers to pay with credit cards. The coins were incredibly popular. People bought the...
How bad were my 2015 predictions?
I probably should have just swept these predictions under the rug and forgotten about them. In January, I published my predictions for 2015. Every one of my 2014 predictions had come true, at least...
10 most popular FM posts of 2015
This was eye opening. Two of the most popular posts published on this blog this year were not written by me. Using Google Analytics, I filtered to all posts that I published this year,...
Increasing credit card spend with Serve
Note: On January 8, 2016 American Express sent out a notice to a large number of Bluebird & Serve cardholders informing them that loading capabilities on their accounts had been terminated. For more information,...
Thanks and No Thanks
Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks. But, this year, I'll throw in a “no thanks” here and there as well…
Target Prepaid REDcard (AKA REDbird)
Thanks for 7 months of free credit card loads and...
1,200,000 miles for Necker Island: Not easy. Not free.
Yesterday I reported my success in earning 1.2 million Virgin Atlantic miles which I plan to use for a week on Sir Richard Branson’s private Necker Island. In response, a number of readers wanted...
New Way to Send Money Globally, Airfare Price Predictions, Manufacturing Choice Points & More!
Welcome to the Frequent Miler Week In Review series. Every Saturday we recap what you might have missed from Frequent Miler during the week. Enjoy!
This Week From Frequent Miler
Manufacturing Choice. Is it worth it? - Does it...
75% Off Business Class Upgrades, Staving Off Mileage Expiration, Analyzing the Value of Points...
Welcome to the Frequent Miler Week In Review series. Every Saturday we bring you some of the best posts from around the web. Enjoy!
This Week Around the Web
Upgrade to Long-Haul Business Class on Select Airlines for...
Can I really buy $500 gift cards with Apple Pay? How can I get...
UPDATE 9/18/2015: Discover's Apple Pay promotion now explicitly excludes gift cards. Please see details here.
Last week, Discover announced that support for Apple Pay would begin on September 16th (Wednesday). To encourage its use, they...
