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Old Jan 10, 2013 | 7:39 am
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vandrei
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Charlottesville
Programs: UA Gold, VX Gold, AA PLT, DL Gold, MR Gold, HH Diamond, Hertz 5* Gold
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Originally Posted by rankourabu
In most cases, anyone here who is advocating for a spend-based system does not spend their own money. If you want a spend based system, lets reward those who actually spend!

Respect to those who earn 1K/GS on their own (or their own business's) dime. Those who fly on someone else's dime - you would be nowhere if the rewards actually went to who pays for the ticket.

I would imagine for hotels it would be much easier to implement than an airline scheme.
I got to Silver in six months on my own dime. I flew one transcons, three midcons, and a lot of flights east of the Mississippi. Does that count?
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