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Old Jul 28, 2019 | 9:40 pm
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Originally Posted by sydneyracquelle


$40k spend is nothing. At $30k spend you get 15k mqms plus 15k miles. Exact same thing happens at $60k spend.
Well, yes, but the question was about $40K. My point was, that includes the $30K bonuses.

The poster I quoted was saying "$40K doesn't get you anything other than the base miles" and then spoke about putting the card away at $60K, which potentially ignored the step of the $30K bonuses.
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