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Old Jul 12, 2012 | 5:14 am
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Originally Posted by nacho
Hi Socrates, here's the T&C for the GC promo:



It doesn't sound like you get the points for buying the card but for redeeming the card.
that is really interesting and I'm sitting here scratching my head, I'm leaning towards saying it's a typo because the various systems needed to automatically adjust the number of points awarded for a stay based upon a method of payment (and then only a subsection of that specific method of payment) would be pretty intense....not saying it's not in place BUT given the complexity and the ROI on such a system I just dont see MI doing it...if there's a phone number to call associated with the promo I'd recommend seeing what they had to say (I haven't seen anything about this promo)
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