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Old May 26, 2012 | 10:53 am
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srdshelly
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Originally Posted by wise2u
I would not draw attention to programs that are used not as intended. It will be fodder for bloggers and then the company will wind up scrutinizing all the extra signups that have no intention of using their program for anything other than a good transfer option or giftcard redemption.
If you take the time to read about individual programs you can find the most popular uses for them......search and read...don't spoonfeed.
I'm not a blogger . I've been in the miles and points hobby for a couple of years, not quite a newbie, but still learning. I don't think there's anything unethical about most of the things I'm interested in. For example, I know people join the ANA program because its website is superior in search for award availability. There's no harm done to ANA, which surely welcomes more traffic that will see the promotions at its website. Indeed the more that other airlines know that people are going to ANA, the more motivation to improve their own websites to the benefit of all. I doubt that hotel chains mind people signing up to accumulate miles to transfer at bad rates to US for the Grand Slam promotion. They can pitch their products to those people. I have more than once joined a program initially just for points/miles opportunities, and ended up using them for paid activity too.

You are no doubt more knowledgeable than I and know of tricks of questionable ethics that should not be publicized or encouraged. I respect that, but I think there are plenty of things that could be shared in one place for the good of all. If nobody likes my idea this thread will drop off the radar pretty quickly.

Last edited by philemer; May 26, 2012 at 2:21 pm Reason: removed part of deleted quote
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