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Milewise is a travel planning company that provides a search engine service for frequent travelers which shows various ways to pay for flights using cash, airline miles, and hotel and credit card points.
The search engine also tracks reward program balances and combines them with user's travel and redemption preferences to recommend the best way to pay.
Milewise was incorporated in 2010 and is based in New York, United States. As of May 9, 2013, it was acquired by [Yahoo! Inc](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/yahoo).
The search engine also tracks reward program balances and combines them with user's travel and redemption preferences to recommend the best way to pay.
Milewise was incorporated in 2010 and is based in New York, United States. As of May 9, 2013, it was acquired by [Yahoo! Inc](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/yahoo).
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Location
United States, New York
Investors 1
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| May 9, 2013 | Big spender Yahoo snaps up GoPollGo & Milewise | Yahoo has been on a bit of a spending spree of late, and this morning it acquired two small startups, GoPollGo and Milewise. CEO Marissa Mayer’s strategy is to prioritize mobile and content. With all the recent acquisitions and acqui-hires,... |
| May 9, 2013 | Yahoo's spree continues, buys up GoPollGo and Milewise | Yahoo has made eight start up purchases since October Remember that Living With Michael Jackson special that aired 10 years ago? It was the one where everyone suddenly realized he had a child named Blanket. There was a scene in that show th... |
| May 9, 2013 | Yahoo Acquires Tech And Talent Of Frequent Flyer Flight Search Startup MileWise, And Shuts It Down | Yahoo has just acquired frequent flier search startup MileWise, whose team will move to New York to join the recently acquired Stamped team on Yahoo’s mobile squad. I hear MileWise’s investors made a small return, and MileWise’s entire five... |
| Sep 15, 2012 | Delta Sends C&Ds To Startups Tracking Airline Rewards; MileWise, AwardWallet & Others Affected | Delta is joining American Airlines and Southwest Airlines as the third major brand to deny travel startups access to users’ frequent flyer accounts for the purpose of tracking airlines’ miles and rewards. Startups affected include TripIt (r... |
| Aug 17, 2011 | MileWise Launches Search Engine for Frequent Fliers | MileWise is a new search engine designed for frequent fliers that helps you find flights you can pay for using cash, airline miles or hotel and credit card points. The startup lets users track their air miles and rewards programs points in ... |
| Jan 14, 2011 | Super stealth Milewise raises $1.5M | The service will help users cash in their rewards and frequent flyer miles Milewise, a super stealth service that will help users redeem their frequent flyer rewards, raised $1.5 million in debt financing, according to an SEC form filed Thu... |
| Jan 14, 2011 | Stealth Milewise Raises $1.5 Million To Help People Cash In On Reward Programs | Milewise is an up-and-coming New York startup that’s currently in stealth mode (its service has been invite-only since at least the first time I caught wind of the company, which must have been in the summer of 2010). According to this SEC ... |
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FAQ about MileWise
What has the press written about MileWise?
Parsers VC has collected 9 articles mentioning MileWise, among them “Big spender Yahoo snaps up GoPollGo & Milewise” (May 9, 2013) and “Yahoo's spree continues, buys up GoPollGo and Milewise” (May 9, 2013).
Is MileWise still active?
Yes, MileWise is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from May 10, 2013.