Originally Posted by
rankourabu
Minting points by selling them cheaply, huge sign up bonuses for US credit cards, and then blocking fully or selectively WY, EY, TG, OZ, OS, LH, LX, CA, AV (did I miss any from this thread?) along with 500k own metal tickets, kinda smells of a ponzi scheme.
Heck of a suggestion that they're blocking this intentionally, rather than failing to maintain IT systems capable of delivering them. Did I miss some damning data points?
I recognize that the practical outcomes are little different, but intent is meaningful.