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Old Nov 14, 2014 | 10:02 pm
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Originally Posted by WaxComb
Then they announced revenue based mileage earnings so I switched completely to M&M (since the flight I take to Germany is a code share operated by LH). I got a M&M credit card and I'll probably get rid of my UA card.

So UA may make money on me in the future, but definitely not as much as they were making on me in the past simply because of the revenue based award miles and the PQD requirements.
Given that UA and LH have a revenue-sharing joint venture for US-EU flights, they are probably making just as much from you now as they were in the past.
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