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I love the reverse credit card roulette gig and we must meet and try it out to see who gets the idnine bonus, but I have another creative MM moment fer ya'll:

i would get some charter one gift cards in the $50-100 range whilst ordering my 5k per month and keep them little ones in my wallet for just such an idine occasion! IF you have to pay someone else who insists on using their card to pay, loses credit card roulette, or knows about and thus wants to pay to get their own idine miles, then why not do this:

associate that charter one gift card with an idine account of an airline FFP you have! yes, why not? The expiry date of that "credit card" would be 6 months out (that's how long these are good for, right?) and as far as idine is concerned, it is yet another 16 digit account number in your name! You set that up and then carry the little thing around in your wallet in case, by off chance, you are in a situation where you have to pay someone else to pay the bill. In lieu of cash, you lay down this charter one card and say, there's my $50 toward the bill, guys! (Or give it and iits pin to the person paying and say this is your payment to them instead) and now, not only will you get rid of it, but also, you will still earn 10 miles per dollar on it.

I would think so at least!
that way, the idine-ist, the one who thinks they are going to get all those miles for paying wiith their card, now has to accept your charter one gift card because hey, you didnt bring any cash with you tonite becaus eyou planned to pay with a credit card on your own.

Well, it could work. certainly cant hurt to have the charter one cards become associated with a FFP for idine.
MM