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Old May 21, 2017 | 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by festdave
... you have a *revenue* ticket, as Chase buys the ticket for you. This means you *do* get miles/points/elite credit by the terms of whatever airline it's on. .
Mostly true, but if you are buying an economy class ticket you typically cannot know the booking fare class and it may turn out to have been a bulk ticket which earns fewer miles than you expected.
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