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Old Nov 8, 2011 | 8:59 pm
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amolkold
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Originally Posted by swag
I'm just a first timer with this promo, but one of my takeaways was that it's sometimes best not to start early. There were several partners where the hits became cheaper, at least based on the best practices discussed here.

For example:
- When the promo started, folks were using the DFW airport run for Supershuttle for $10-13. It wasn't till a week later someone found the $4 PHX route.
- Lots of folks bought tickets thru Audience Rewards before it was discovered that trivia miles would count.
Hindsight is 20/20 but to me, the security of knowing your hits posted and that you're getting them out of the way are worth the $20 extra on these 2 hits. If anything, I saved much more money on hits that got more expensive later on to outweigh these $20. so I guess you win some, you lose some. It matters on what that security of having it done early is worth.

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