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Old Jun 17, 2024 | 1:28 am
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Originally Posted by ffay005
Okay, so my plane landed in Riga early this morning and I got the SMS. I called them and they agreed to open the card, and now the app shows the card as working normally.

Funny thing: If you want to buy Finnair Avios with a Finnair Visa, this transaction is so suspicious that the card issuer flags it and closes your card.
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Actually it is not so funny as miles are on a way similar to many other closed loop payment methods and running AML controls is more difficult. So, miles, especially when used to move between not strongly authenticated owners in varied systems could and might be used for money laundring. So no wonder they would want to take special look on the initial source, as after that miles as currency looses all trackers.
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