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Old Sep 19, 2017, 3:52 pm
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Originally Posted by SpammersAreScum
I am actually surprised that the wiki is so 100% sure that pay-with-points will definitely result in distance-based. DPs through spring indicated it wasn't always distance. A few DPs in Sep have all been distance. Is the conclusion based on just those? Plus maybe the statement (of dubious worth) I relayed from an AAgent? Or was there something more substantive I missed?
Although a rather small sample at this point, I've had more tickets purchased with TYPs credit by fare than by distance. Something like 4 out of 6, although the most recent (August) was by distance. I'd call it a crapshoot at best.
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