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Old Aug 2, 2010, 8:57 pm
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dreidel
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Programs: UA 1P
Posts: 76
Originally Posted by Shareholder
Obviously you have lost track of time. To have lost your initial 100K means you've not flown in at least two years, nor had a single non-travel transaction. Nor did you even bother to check you MP account for a year. If the miles meant that much to you, you'd have at least checked your account once or twice a year and found one or two partners to earn miles from. You can appeal but your disinterest for over a year suggests you're crying crocodile tears. The sooner people start considering their FF accounts to be akin to their IRAs, the more interest they'll take in keeping an eye on them.
I think that's a little harsh. If the OP was under the impression (based on the fact that for years, they didn't expire) that the miles were not going to expire, then why would they check their account at all? I personally stopped two relatives in the last three months from letting their miles expire. It wasn't because they didn't care; it was because they didn't know.
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