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Old Apr 20, 2020, 5:59 pm
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eponymous_coward
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Originally Posted by GUWonder
I had already gotten my exposure to LifeMiles down to less than 10k miles a few months back on anticipation of there being problems ahead for this sector and the likelihood of US airline program balances being relatively safer than various non-US airline programs where I had (or sort of still have) substantial balances.

My biggest exposure to airline program balances are in the US, but the main US programs are relatively better positioned to make it out of this period than a lot of smaller carriers’ programs outside of the US.
I was almost at that point... and then the trip I spent 70k or so LifeMiles on went to crap with visa withdrawals and forced quarantines (should I be so foolish to actually attempt this trip). Now I wait for possible cancellations. The Alaska miles I spent came back with no issue, Avianca is, well, Avianca. You get what you pay for with these guys.
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