Originally Posted by
COSPILOT
Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but your RDM balance will still go down by 100K in your example.
That's correct -- Choice Points should be thought of as RDMs with additional uses (as monetary credit toward a united.com flight purchases with the MP VISA).
And yes the the flight will earn additional RDMs (and perhaps EQMs)
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...es-primer.html