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Old Apr 17, 2018, 7:39 am
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paolo64
 
Join Date: Jan 2016
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Originally Posted by Weekend Away
How do you get 50% change instead of 33%? The new base earning rate will be 2 points per dollar, while today it's 3 points (when you convert SPG to MR at 1:3), that's a 33% decrease in earning.
Correct but as per the example in the original post, to earn 25000 air miles under the previous earning rate required $20000 spend, but with the lower rate it now requires $30k spend, ie 50% more.
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