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Old Aug 25, 2023 | 9:55 am
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Originally Posted by Athena53

Thanks to the OP for the heads-up on the Stand Up to Cancer promo- I have a shiny new AA MasterCard (got it just before the annual fee increase) and just donated $500. That plus the sign-on bonus for the card added 85,000 pesos (I mean Loyalty Points) to my account. Hey, I bet I could get from MCI to ORD on that!
Did you really receive Loyalty Points for this donation? If you did, that is significant, since the site linked above refers to "bonus" miles, which normally do not translate to Loyalty Points. (And this would be a very cheap route to EXP status if you actually did get Loyalty Points.)

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