Follow Up
0:21 Stockpile Sputtering
- Big wave of BINs now blocked for stock purchases this past week
- Heartbreaking really, as it was prev...
2021-11-10 05:38:39 +0000 UTC
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0:20 Bravo 2% Dies
- Starting 10/20/2021 < $500 transactions went from 2% to 3.5% + $0.30
- Even on old versions of the app
- Still “emergency” utili...
2021-11-03 06:00:39 +0000 UTC
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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. Ger...
2021-10-25 10:35:10 +0000 UTC
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0:20 Amex Shutdowns Follow-On
- Community is still on edge
- Most (but not all) shutdown reports seem tied to applying through one rep over the phone, but there ar...
2021-10-21 11:11:22 +0000 UTC
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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 Hur...
2021-10-12 05:51:01 +0000 UTC
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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 Podc...
2021-10-08 05:30:39 +0000 UTC
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0:27 Amex “October Surprise”: Revamped Referral Program (4-for-us)
- Referrals have been extensively covered on this show, as recently as last week we said to be sure...
2021-10-05 07:11:37 +0000 UTC
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News
0:36 Amex Bonvoy Business 125,000 + Two 50k Certs
- $5,000 min spend in 3 months
- $125 AF (not waived first year)
- 35k cert on...
2021-09-29 06:02:22 +0000 UTC
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6:30 Outbound Flights
- Emirates business: EWR to ATH to MLE (stopover in DXB)
- 117.5k miles + $275 fee pp
- Just before the trip, I read an article on OMA...
2021-09-17 16:24:38 +0000 UTC
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0:22 Amex Pays Out on Old 25k/10x Upgrades!
- Sept 3, 2021 they seemed to pay out on both the 25k and the +9x at grocery and dining for early adopters of this upgrade
2021-09-15 13:25:30 +0000 UTC
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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
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2021-09-10 12:26:24 +0000 UTC
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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 for a reunion show by three of t...
2021-05-28 06:36:37 +0000 UTC
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We 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, ...
2020-12-24 19:26:57 +0000 UTC
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We 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 “W...
2020-12-20 06:08:24 +0000 UTC
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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 upgra...
2020-12-15 22:45:45 +0000 UTC
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0:30 Amex Shutdowns
- We were talking about PPK->Plastiq
- Seems to be related to PPK payments to Amex?
- Gets back to the alchemy discussion. Fusing thi...
2020-12-14 20:23:07 +0000 UTC
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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...
2020-12-12 06:34:52 +0000 UTC
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News
0:25 PayPal Key
- Plastiq Dead
- Died for many 11/25 sometime after around 3:30pm eastern
- Debrief?
- W...
2020-12-05 17:53:40 +0000 UTC
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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...
2020-12-04 16:59:29 +0000 UTC
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Organizing 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 o...
2020-11-27 23:37:24 +0000 UTC
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Follow 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 the...
2020-11-20 14:53:27 +0000 UTC
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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 Ne...
2020-11-14 15:47:49 +0000 UTC
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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 2020-11-11 21:55:03 +0000 UTC
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0:24 Amex +3x Referrals
- How did we do?
- What is our spend plan going forward?
- Wishful thinking/baseless theory: The reason Amex clawed back on earlier ...
2020-11-07 07:06:23 +0000 UTC
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We're celebrating 100 episodes with a special episode about all things Milenomics, and more about us personally.
1:00 Milenomics The Blog
- Founded Augus...
2020-11-07 07:05:48 +0000 UTC
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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 ...
2020-11-05 22:04:07 +0000 UTC
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0:23 Last Call for Amex +3x Referrals
- Last day to refer is 10/28
- Unclear when exactly the cut-off is, so save the links for winter if they continue to work (id...
2020-10-28 14:01:08 +0000 UTC
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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 - Sed...
2020-10-26 22:24:30 +0000 UTC
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