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Old Mar 4, 2013 | 11:25 am
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Originally Posted by StingWest
Agree 100% with your general sentiment, except IMHO GPUs are definitely valuable and easy to redeem if one travels internationally.
Only if you have significant flexibility! I've been able to redeem all of mine the past several years, but only because I was able to pick and choose dates, times, equipment, etc., vs. being locked into a specific date. The GPU failure thread has plenty of examples of people failing even in full Y or B.
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