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Old Aug 22, 2010, 12:00 am
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Originally Posted by dcpatti
Just making up numbers here as an example:

My flight mileage 2000 miles
My CP bonus 2000 miles
(so I'm getting 4000 miles already)
Doubling for $100 is another 4000 miles

But the website says "Total Miles Earned (or something like that) 8000 miles" next to the price, which, if you're not paying attention, can look like you're paying $100 for 8000 miles, not $100 for 4000 miles.
Not sure it was ever that misleading. For me, It has always initially "4000" miles on the far right column. When selecting the 2x checkbox it then shows "8000" - so it's a visible difference. If you didn't notice the total was changing when you checked or unchecked the 2x/3x boxes then I can see where obvious confusion comes about and how it looks like you'r paying a fee for 8000 or 12000 when it's really a fee for 4000 or 8000 additional, respectively.
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