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Old Apr 22, 2011 | 11:38 pm
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Ancien Maestro
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Originally Posted by RichMSN
You'd forego miles to save $5? Really?
What's to justify to taking the points than the savings?

The economics of it is really, you're paying $5 for the points.. so unless you get more than 500 points, I don't see how its ethical to incur additional company expenses, unless you're donating the points back into the company.
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