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Old Jun 28, 2016, 6:27 am
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iadisgreat
 
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Originally Posted by MasterGeek
You cannot use the "terms and conditions" to justify anything. Corporations afford to put anything in them knowing that most consumers don't read them and don't have the resources to contest them.
So what's the point? The terms and conditions (that everyone agrees to when they wish to join the program) allow it. Either way, as long as everyone who purchased miles at a specified price received those miles at the specified price, there was no "bait" and no "switch." AS did not promise any specific redemption in their sale of miles.
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