FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Flying Club points are now Virgin Points - and they don't expire
Old Sep 25, 2020 | 12:29 pm
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All sorts of marketing advantages to being 'points' instead of 'miles' - in terms of earning and spending (from their perspective)...

500K 'point' awards do not sound nearly as unobtainable as 500K 'mile' ones - a lot more flexibility to devalue earning and spending IMHO.
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