Mini Miles

It’s Mini Mile time again. Just a couple miles per question, but it only takes 60 seconds of your time. A great way to extend your US Airways expiration dates. Starwood and Delta are also available. The latest answers are below:

  1. The original first act of The Phantom of the Opera was at Andrew Lloyed Weber’s home? True
  2. What is the last song of Act 1 in Jersey Boys? Walk Like A Man
  3. The Wicked backstage tour was formed by a man who played what role? The Witch’s Father
  4. How many dogs are in the cast of the current Broadway Annie revival? 3
  5. Who directed Once on Broadway? John Tiffany
  6. The song “Rock Of Ages” is not featured in the musical of the same name? True


5,000 Delta SkyBonus Points

Get 5,000 Delta SkyBonus points for joining with code SKY072013 here. These are not Delta SkyMiles, but can still be good to collect. The description of these points is here.

Why AwardWallet Doesn’t Suck

I hear a lot of comments from people complaining about AwardWallet these days. The basically all have the same general theme – “AwardWallet doesn’t track all the airlines anymore. They were once great, but not in 2013.” And on and on. Sorry people, I think you’re wrong. I’m a huge fan of AwardWallet but I’m not blinded by love. Here’s why I’m still a big fan:

  • First, you get a lot of coupons and vouchers in this game. A ton of them. And, with AwardWallet, you know exactly what you have and when they expire. 
  • Second, you don’t have to memorize your airline and hotel account numbers if you use AwardWallet.
  • Third, you don’t have to remember user names and passwords.
  • Fourth, you get a running total of your mile and point balance.
  • Fifth, you get notifications that save you from worrying about accounts expiring.
Finally, there is a workaround for the airlines which “don’t work” anymore. You can forward Delta, United, and Southwest statements your AwardWallet email address and automatically update them there. American is the only airline you have to manually keep track of, but you can do that through AwardWallet. So, after careful review, I stand by my opinion that AwardWallet still rules. MileNerd out.

DirecTV Gets Our Attention

So much for the usual 25,000 mile offer. Get a higher-than-ever-seen-before 30,000 United miles for signing up here. Great deal!

A Month Later

Last month, I talked about my conversation with Jay from Rocketmiles. As you all know, I have a good feel for douchebaggery. I detected none of it with him. Just a really impressive guy, and I predicted Rocketmiles was going places. Well, a month later, they’re becoming a force to be reckoned with. Today I saw some big news of growth on their Facebook page here.

In my not-so-humble opinion, if you’re paying for a hotel room, you might as well get some miles out of it. So for those who haven’t checked it out, give Rocketmiles a look. I’m a huge fan of these guys and give them my full support. I hope you will too!