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Old May 24, 2014, 8:13 pm
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hobo13
 
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Originally Posted by DCBob
Another reason to buy points before you stay is to meet minimum spend or to be exempt from the Qualifying Dollars requirement for Delta and United elite status. I'm working my way to $25K spend on my Delta Amex right now because my MQDs will be less than $2K this year, which would mean that I normally drop from Diamond Medallion to non-elite status! A mere Kettle.
This is just a time-shifting argument for spend, right? Why not just go buy GC's for your favorite restaurant / supermarket if the objective is just to shift 2015 costs into 2014. i.e. what does this have to do with Wyndham points?
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