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Old Jun 21, 2011 | 4:11 pm
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Originally Posted by anaggie
Miles are free for me since I HAVE TO PAY for electricity, gas for the home, water, groceries, gas for the cars, insurance and so forth. Might as well earn something from paying the money out to people. If I wrote everyone a check, what would I get back in return?
Perhaps the service you were paying for in the first place? Miles are not free. Part of what you pay every single provider who takes credit cards goes to their cost of doing "reward" business.
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