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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 9:39 am
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DHAST
 
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Originally Posted by lkar
Good point -- for people for whom RDM is not the be all and end all but instead are most focused on status and maintaining it, Amex can be the better option if what you are hoping for is to upgrade to the front part of the plane to make mileage runs for status more comfortable.
I just wanted to throw in there that it's only been the last couple of years when I truly jumped on the international travel/RDM/credit card bandwagon (despite the fact I've been on here for, oh, 10 years.) When I was an elite with NW, I could have cared less about RDM's. It was all about EQM's 100% of the way. I think I went about 4 years without redeeming any tickets for myself, and I even gave away some miles to family, cause I thought 500k was too many NW miles to sit on.

Once I relocated back east and my travel patterns changed, I decided it was time to start burning miles before they weren't worth anything. I'm glad I did, because we all know what DL did...

Now it's time to do the same with the credit card miles
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