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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 12:36 pm
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keeton
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Another option would be to use Pay With Miles to defer some of the cost of the ticket(s). 25.000 miles + $38 isn't that awful a deal compared with 40,000 miles + $5.

Hint: Pay for your own ticket fully in cash so you will get full mileage/MQM credit.
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