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Old Aug 23, 2010, 5:41 am
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ArizonaGuy
 
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Argh. They fixed the SPG dine loophole. No $5 beers times 6! But you can still get dining credit. $50 or $34 will get the 100 points, depending on your SPG status.

Non-qualifying partners:
Any activity that does not earn Dividend Miles including, but not limited to:

* Hotels stays that do not earn Dividend Miles
* Starwood activity that doesn't earn at least 100 Dividend Miles
* Car rentals that do not earn Dividend Miles
And interestingly it shows 2 max hits for 21st Century Auto Insurance. 1 for the quote, 1 for getting a policy I assume.

ChronoMed and Select Warranty are not listed currently anywhere in the "Get Miles" pages of US Airways. Nor is TrackitBack but it's currently 20 miles per $1 on trackitback.com/US. Cheapest option is $20 for 400 miles.

At any rate, I've calculated and while it will take several hundred dollars for me, that's worth it for 36 hits and 100K miles. If I still had multiple credit cards or points in more hotel programs it would cost me less. The harder part will be seeing how many I can get for my wife. This definitely better than last year. The max 28 hits earned 50K. 28 hits nets 60K now and if you make it that far there's no reason not to aim for more.

Last edited by ArizonaGuy; Aug 23, 2010 at 6:12 am
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