Follow Up
0:21 Stockpile Sputtering
0:20 Bravo 2% Dies
Hello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and I’m joined today by long-time reader, German. German, welcome to the Manifesto.
0:20 Amex Shutdowns Follow-On
Hello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and I’m joined today by returning guest, from the Hurdy Gurdy Travel Podcast, Justin Vacula. Justin, welcome back to the Manifesto.
With all of the news coming out this week Robert and I sit down to discuss the Amex Shutdowns, our thoughts and what to take away from the situation on this special edition of the Milenomics² Podcast.
0:24 Amex Shutdowns
0:27 Amex “October Surprise”: Revamped Referral Program (4-for-us)
News
0:36 Amex Bonvoy Business 125,000 + Two 50k Certs
1:40 Amex Bonvoy Brilliant 150,000 ...
2021-09-29 06:02:22 +0000 UTC View Post6:30 Outbound Flights
0:22 Amex Pays Out on Old 25k/10x Upgrades!
Today I chat with Garth Grawburg about his anniversary trip with his wife to Mallorca, the Amalfi Coast, and Rome.
4:00 How I booked flights✈
Outbound
MSP -> ORD: United Travel Bank
ORD -> PMI (via MAD): 60k Iberia Avois pp (from 40% MR tr...
2021-09-10 12:26:24 +0000 UTC View PostHello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and I’m joined today for a reunion show by three of the podcasting greats, Joe Cheung, Robert Dwyer, and Dan Podheiser. Fellas, welcome to the Manifesto....
2021-05-28 06:36:37 +0000 UTC View PostWe invite over Garth (of the Milenomics Second Podcast) and Gideon (from the Manifesto Podcast) to talk 2020 year in review. To keep the show exciting we'll refrain from detailed show notes, but the topics we covered were:
Favorite Trip of 2020
Dea...
2020-12-24 19:26:57 +0000 UTC View PostWe sit down one day after Robert receives news of his American Express Financial Review to discuss all the hard decisions moving forward and more.
0:21 “Wave” (?) of Amex Financial Reviews
Hilton Aspire No Fee Upgrade and All Things Amex w/CF Frost
Robert chats with Milenomics community member CF Frost about the recent Amex Hilton Aspire No Annual Fee upgrade offer, and all things Amex.
0:10 Amex Hilton Aspire No AF Upgrade
... 2020-12-15 22:45:45 +0000 UTC View Post0:30 Amex Shutdowns
Garth and Larry sit down for a chat, and along the way discuss:
0:39 Reactions to Amex shutdowns
5:31 With some liquidation avenues drying up, what’s next?
7:48 Simon Mall VGC -> Plastiq
13:20 End of year techniques
17:48 WMBP with PPK
21:42 BBY 3rd ...
2020-12-12 06:34:52 +0000 UTC View PostNews
0:25 PayPal Key
Hello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and due to some intercontinental scheduling conflicts I’m on my own for today’s podcast, so I thought I’d share three tips and tricks that have been ...
2020-12-04 16:59:29 +0000 UTC View PostOrganizing your game with Raymond
1:44 Keys to a good record keeping system
6:20 Starting a new system
9:15 Tracking transactions
12:29 How Raymond breaks out his tracking
19:11 Tying acquisition and liquidation
25:35 Planning actions using Tre...
2020-11-27 23:37:24 +0000 UTC View PostFollow Up
0:23 Amex Personal Platinum 100k + 10x Update
Editor's note (Sam): The audio of this episode has been removed. My apologies to Stefan, Joe and Gideon for this issue. I also want to say thank you to them for the opportunity to turn this into a learning experience.
We break format to cover some late breaking news, update on what we've been up to and take a Listener Question. Be sure to share your take on these topics on slack!
0:23 Bad News: “Worst” of Slack
Mason swings by to discuss Buyer's clubs. If you haven't heard his appearance on the Milenomics² podcast earlier this year be sure to check it out here.
Topics covered in today's episode:
0:3...
0:24 Amex +3x Referrals
We're celebrating 100 episodes with a special episode about all things Milenomics, and more about us personally.
1:00 Milenomics The Blog
Hello, and welcome to The Manifesto with Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, on the Milenomics Podcast Network. I’m Gideon, the Free-quent Flyer, and I am joined today from the Windbag Miles blog, the Windbag Mails substack, and Chance Press, Jordan Hurder. Jordan, welcome to the Manifesto.
0:23 Last Call for Amex +3x Referrals
A double trip report and a look at the current MS landscape with Robert Dwyer
1:22 The most wonderful time of the MS year? What’s the MS favorability index?
10:40 Trip report #1 - Sedona
[0:00] Intro