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Old Jan 25, 2016 | 2:37 pm
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Originally Posted by slawecki
i bought Barrons(newspaper) in one of my acts, and my account counter renewed. i got 26K miles on klm a month ago, and will probably not fly with them in the next 2 years.
Yes, in most programs that works.

Not all merchandise redemptions are awful. I've done them to reset an expiration date...my "merch" is usually a magazine subscription.

Speaking of that, there's often an Economist offer that actually yields pretty good value-per-mile compared to what a typical subscription would cost you in cash. I'm about due for a re-up...
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