Originally Posted by
lwildernorva
Waste of effort. The programs set the rules and can change them at almost anytime, inherently building a certain level of unfairness into the game. Accepting THAT fact and then learning to deal with the changes when they come, including identifying new opportunities when old ones are taken away (and there generally are some), should be at the very heart of what people who chase miles and points do.
Good points!
Seriously, with the mind-set of the OP, and his inability to really see thru layers of things, all others posts trying to offer suggestions and ideas are futile effort because as your above statement - all loyalty programs have a built in unfairness (to the customers) in them - how in the world the person who "can smell" dishonesty miles away could live with that? And for that matter, since when life is fair?