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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 6:34 pm
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Originally Posted by kb1992
Then there are p.s. routes JFK-LAX/SFO that require CR1s unless you pay miles. Loss of 8 CR1s means loss of 120,000 miles, almost a saver C award ticket to Asia.
Math check: if you remain a 1K with exactly 100,000 EQM, you get 4 CR1s, so your loss is "just" 4 CR1s. That's assuming that your "distribution" of travel and the metal you used would have actually let you earn 2 CR1s each quarter (I didn't this year).

Not saying that I like the changes or the way they were presented to us.
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