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Old Jun 3, 2017 | 10:44 pm
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Originally Posted by pbd456
as has incentive to give more miles for cx and selected partner (100%) bonus is to induce flyers to credit cx to as because it is too one side as more as miles are redeemed on cx than the reverse. so as has to pay cash to cx.
You know this how?

https://xkcd.com/285/

Also, giving miles to AS members flying CX to balance out AS members redeeming on CX...

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