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Old Oct 25, 2016 | 8:15 am
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Originally Posted by Boraxo
It's quite silly to assign an abstract value to a point that has no bearing on your actual redemption until you know exactly where you will redeem it.
How do you make decisions about earning rewards if you do not estimate their value? Every choice has an opportunity cost. EXAMPLE: Should I decide to spend $2,500 per month for six consecutive months to earn 30,000 bonus AA miles -if- that will prevent me from earning some other rewards during that period? I need to have an estimate of the value of AA miles to make that decision.
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