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Old Dec 7, 2011, 8:43 am
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Originally Posted by FC ORD
Yes, that is what I did yesterday to get the few miles I was short. The "seems too good to be true part" is tempered by the fact you have to buy a minimum 500 miles for $15 for the RDMs and another checkbox for another $50 to turn it into EQMs for a total of $65 for 500 EQMs.

For me it was still cheaper (and less time consuming) than taking the cheapest flight I could find out of ORD or MKE. I was a little nervous clicking the charge my credit card button for the flight, but I cancelled it a few hours later and all seems to be well today. Since the buy-up is not refundable it actually works to our advantage.
Thanks for trusting us. The more folks see this works (I did it in early November) the more we don't have to deal with "will this work", or "i don't believe it".
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