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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
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If you purchase tickets with certain DL AmEx credit cards, you get two additional RDMs per dollar spent which would increase your implicit discount from 5% to 7% without status (suing the pay with miles rate of one mile equals one cent).