<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by neophyte:
Finally, I'm deeply offended by my zero-cost variation being ignored, is this because we assign zero value to Northwest miles 
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:P
For me currently, the cashback is the right choice, as I am at the 2% tier on my cashback credit card. It takes 50 Free loads of $500 to get 25k miles on the NW Visa credit card. 50 loads of $500 on my cashback gives $500 - 50($2 load fee) = $400 in cashback. So its a choice b/t $400 or 25k Worldperks Miles(a domestic awards ticket). At 1.5% it means choosing b/t $275 and 25k miles.
Howerver, I did my initial $500 load with the NW Visa to escape the extra $5 enrollment fee and $2 load.
Alternatively, if someone really needed to fly business or first to Australia for Free using miles, their choices could be different for good reason.
[This message has been edited by Alcibiades (edited 09-26-2003).]