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Old Mar 26, 2011 | 11:43 pm
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Steve M
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Originally Posted by TravelStar
I think you assume there is no reason to buy points when you already have a sufficient balance. In my case, it would leave points for other award redemptions.

But, we can agree to disagree on this!
TravelStar, I don't see the benefit in doing this. If your purpose is to leave the points for other award redemptions, why not just transfer 500,000 existing points instead of purchasing them, and then when you want the future redemptions, purchase points at that time?
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