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Old Apr 19, 2013 | 4:26 pm
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Originally Posted by planetshakers
For those who have a big amount to swipe, call in for the alternate offer of 5x miles and pay the annual fee of $256.80.

Swipe $7.5k in one month ( be in $5 denominations) and get 30,371 miles for an ROI of 4.049 miles / $.

This excludes the 2x bonus at Singaporeair / tradewinds.
It's a hidden miles purchase trick. You may get higher 4.05 ROI for the fee paying card but as the ROI is 1.66 for the non fee paying card, this works out to a difference of 2.39 miles x $7,500 = 17,925 miles for $256.80 annual fee paid.
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