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Old Aug 18, 2015, 10:10 am
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Originally Posted by reeg2
At least 5 years ago, US Airways had a policy for mileage expiration after 18 months with non-activity. This closely mirrors an AA policy that is quite a bit older. Basically, if you don't use, you lose.
The issue here isn't mileage expiration, it is lifetime miles. I never knew there was a lifetime miles expiration. Upon further research, apparently this isn't new:

http://elliott.org/what/a-lifetime-o...d-in-a-second/

So much for loyalty. Airline consolidation may be the worst thing to ever happen to the U.S. airline industry.

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