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Oct 25, 2009 | 6:05 pm

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ThatAdamGuy

Join Date: Jun 2005

Location: Mountain View, CA (near SJC and SFO)

Programs: Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold, IHG Platinum, and no status whatsoever on the airlines (!)

Posts: 481

There's a more straightforward, sure, and ethical way to quickly earn miles:

Do microlending with the very reputable Kiva organization.

- You can provide some outstanding help to hardworking people around the world.
- You can lend money using your credit card (via PayPal) and PayPal generously waives fees for Kiva (at least they did when I previously loaned money). And, of course, you'll get the points/miles associated with that lending.
- AND... you can get the money back! Once the loan term is over, barring the rare circumstances in which the money is not paid back, you can request 100% of your original investment back... to put back into your bank account or invest in more worthy entrepreneurs.

Is that not awesome or what? :-)

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