After crunching the numbers, it appears that Lexis and Amazon have a deal worked out whereby Lexis point values are automatically assigned a value based on the Amazon price and modified by the category in which the items can be found on Lexis.  I couldn’t go through every sub-category, but in my testing, it seems that the sub-categories differ in value substantially less than the category.

Here are all of the Lexis Reward Categories ranked from worst deal (20) to best deal (1).  Numbers in brackets indicate the number of Lexis points to the dollar (so the higher the value, the more Lexis points it takes to equal one dollar).

20. Books [97], Movies [97]
18. Music [95]
17. Kitchen & Housewares [93]
16. Video Games [92]
15. Software
14. Computers [89], Electronics [89], Furnishings [89], Jewelry [89], Office [89], Outdoor Living [89], Photography [89], Spa & Personal Care [89], Sporting Goods [89], Tools & Hardware [89], Toys & Games [89]
3. Fashion [86]
2. Retail / Restaurant Cards [72]

And by far, the best deal when spending your Lexis Points is:

1. Lexis Rewards Card (Any Value) [65]

Before you go out and stock up on Lexis cards, be sure to read up on where they’re accepted.

Note on methodology: To calculate the value of items, I have used the Amazon pricing for consistency.  What that means is that if the Amazon price is not the cheapest price, then the item may be a worse deal than indicated here.

]]> http://lawhackr.com/2009/12/spending-lexisnexis-rewards-points-efficiently/feed/ 1 http://lawhackr.com/2009/12/free-in-flight-wifi/ http://lawhackr.com/2009/12/free-in-flight-wifi/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:26:52 +0000 Josh Auriemma http://lawhackr.com/?p=200 Many of us are traveling for the holiday, and what better way to save some money than with free in-flight wifi?  Because here at lawhackr, will any of us refrain from messing around online if our flight happens to have wireless?  Hopefully not.

Apparently the codes are good for new accounts only, so if you want to use them more than once, you’ll need multiple email accounts.  But hey, gmail addresses are free, right?

Here are the codes (courtesy of flyertalk):

Expire 12/31/2009

• DELTATRYGOGO
• AIRTRANTRYGOGO
• AATRYGOGO

Expire 1/7/2010

• 2287548427snk
• 2472564126dvu
• 2285632980tlk

Let us know if you have success with them.  Preferably from the air, because that would be neat.