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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 5:31 pm
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ranman1973
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 177
Originally Posted by opushomes
Why not just apply for another one, rather than canceling the first? It worked for me.
If there is an annual fee, I could see why you don't want concurrent credit cards. Here in Canada, the fee is $75/year. Here's what I did.

Year 1: Sign up for the card, get 20,000 bonus miles plus companion fare.
Year 2: Just before year 1 is up, my wife signed up and got 25,000 bonus miles plus companion. (They increased it from 20,000 miles to 25,000). I cancelled my card.
Year 3: I plan to sign up prior anniversary of my wife's card. then she will cancel her card....and so on until they close the loop.
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