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Old Dec 15, 2009 | 12:52 am
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Originally Posted by ldsant
Do some mattress runs - if you have 20 then you only need 5 more. Sounds like you will reach Platinum in 3 months based upon what you're saying here. Why have a challenge when you're going to achieve it anyway?
The same reason that people want to get airline status to use while doing a challenge rather than after completion. It is much more comfortable to get the upgrades while doing the stays to meet the challenge than to get them only after the stays.
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