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Old Apr 9, 2014 | 5:06 am
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stupidzbu
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
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Originally Posted by LoneTree
You can either message or call, but I basically replied that their limits were much more arbitrary than competing products like Capital One Venture and that they should be able to make a manual redemption since it is obviously travel related. I mentioned how I may be more likely to use the Venture if I am unable to redeem travel charges on Arrival. They replied that my request would be manually reviewed. A week later the redemption appeared.

I'm not sure how repeatable it is. Now I have the freight train issue and a hotel that coded my entire stay as a bar tab (they don't even serve drinks or food). Rather than fight it again I'll just use the alternative less ethical method.
Hmmm. That poses a problem since I don't have the points necessary for the redemption and I have about $1700 in line before I get to this. I guess I'll hold off until I have the points then request it manually
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