Tag: Perpetual Point Machine
Searching for points and finding a Point Cascade (and a dead PPM)
Lately I’ve been receiving emails from Virgin America telling me that my 1,500 Elevate points are about to expire. First I had 90 days...
A tale of two #Fails
Frequent Miler leaned over his laboratory workbench to examine the notice more closely. Could it be true? Is this real? He turned quickly to...
Almost Perfect
Last Saturday I teased readers with the post titled “Found! The perfect perpetual point machine.” I followed up that post with “One card to...
To tell or not to tell
At 5 this morning I received a message from my son saying he was sick. He had been spending the night at a friend’s...
Found: The Perfect Perpetual Point Machine!
Yes, I believe that a Perfect Perpetual Point Machine has been found! I need time to write it up, though. Currently I’m busy at...
Is Staples the Perfect PPM?
A while ago I posted a series about the search for the perfect perpetual point machine (PPM). In those posts, I asserted that the...
A four step Perpetual Point Machine
In previous posts (such as this one), I defined the Perpetual Point Machine (PPM) as “a scheme in which, after a little push,...
A Two Player PPM
This Perpetual Point Machine is best with two people working together.
In previous posts (such as this one), I defined the Perpetual Point...
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...
The Perfect Perpetual Point Machine, Part Three
In part one of this series, I introduced the idea of the quest for the perfect perpetual point machine. A perpetual point machine (PPM)...
The Perfect Perpetual Point Machine, Part Two
In part one of this series, I introduced the idea of the quest for the perfect perpetual point machine. A perpetual point machine (PPM)...
The Perfect Perpetual Point Machine, Part 1
I began blogging as FrequentMiler with a goal of simplifying free travel. As a newbie to travel hacking I was amazed by the opportunities...
Perpetual Point Machine… Not!
When I was very young I invented a perpetual motion machine (a machine that runs on its own power, forever). I drew a picture...
