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Old Jan 31, 2024 | 10:51 am
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Originally Posted by CapnBoBoFly
This is wrong. The actual lifetime miles is not the differentiating factor. It is the threshold. If it gets to this tiebreaker, all 2MM are treated equally. It does not go to the actual mile. 2MM are ahead of 1MM; and 3MM are ahead of 2MM.

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Thanks for the clarification. That's interesting, though, because the way it is worded doesn't align - at least, it didn't when last I read it. (And since I won't even be 1MM until at least this year, it honestly has next to no impact on me right now.)
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