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Old Feb 15, 2009 | 12:46 pm
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Originally Posted by sbm12
You're saying here that the CC companies pay more than a penny/point to the airlines for the points, right (1,000,000 points becomes 10,000.00 dollars at a penny/point)?
Not a lot more, and it varies by program, but yes. Although it gets a little more complicated when factoring in prepurchases in the half billion dollar range, averaging costs, and accounting for time value.
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