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Old Mar 15, 2017 | 8:03 am
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Originally Posted by TOR27
Well if you are using both an Aeroplan credit card and swiping your Aeroplan card, then you could be earning >3% return on your spend, that would be a good reason to not be using another card.

Ex. $50 transaction = 16 Aeroplan miles (3:1) + Earn 1.50/$1 on Aeroplan Infinite Privilege card is another 75 miles for a total of 91 Aeroplan miles.

If you value the miles at 2 cents each which many here do, then that return is $1.82 or 3.6%.
Sure, but wouldn't you get the 75 miles regardless of where you buy the gas, in which case you are going out of your way (at least some of the time) to get 16 points?
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