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Old Aug 20, 2010 | 4:58 pm
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Originally Posted by karung99
There are suckers to buy these. It is great revenue for Airlines.

I would not even consider it in a minute.
Really?

May be you miss the important point "Do the Math". The examples may not be the best ones in the articles, but they do convey the idea.

Suckers might very well be those who summarily dismiss the idea without an ounce of thought to put in the "Math" part.

I am glad Steven397 has provided vivid examples to show he is the Smart Set who buy the miles when the Math makes a lot of sense! He helped his friend save several thousands by getting them to buy miles from US Airways. He also saved several hundreds for himself by buying miles from BMI...

Who is the sucker and who is the Smartie?

May be you would like to read Steven397's post no.6 to understand the concept of "Do the Math"?

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