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Old Apr 1, 2014, 4:44 pm
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Originally Posted by wroxpopuli
Asking on behalf of my parents who are deciding between fee and no-fee version. Does anyone know if MTA commuter rail expenses (Long Island Railroad, in this case) count as travel for earning purposes? Those make up a big chunk of their annual expenses and if they could earn 2X on all those purchases, they might be inclined toward the no-fee (baby steps with them). I appreciate the help.
You EARN 2x on all purchases. It's just that you can only redeem at 1 mile = 1 cent on travel purchases. There are reports of MTA commuter rail counting as travel so they should be able to redeem against it as well.
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