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Old Dec 7, 2023 | 11:00 am
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Originally Posted by AJNEDC
No, not at all. I constantly use the term organically to indicate that all the miles I have accumulated were done so via business trips or via personal trips. I have never gone out of my way to acquire a credit card or other means beyond flights to accumulate the points. I guess it never occurred to me to do so. If what I have needed to purchase generated any such thing then fine, but I have never gone to purchase a service of buy something because of the potential to have points.
The shopping portal allows you to collect points on things you already needed/are planning to buy.

It does take some effort, but it allows for some free LPs.
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