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Old Oct 30, 2009 | 8:43 pm
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Cheapskate Travels
 
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Originally Posted by psychtobe
They don't feel very flexible to me. Outside of air travel, they aren't worth too much; for air travel, they only come in an initial 20k bolus, and then in increments of 10k each, so they're not very useful for buying (for example) a $300 ticket, a $404 ticket, a $520 ticket, etc., as too much value is being lost. Plus most of us accrued our big bonuses and probably don't see a lot of value in sticking with the program in the long run, given the limitations and the slow rate of earning.
I should've been clearer, I meant "flexible" in terms of "transferable" and "tradable."
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