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Old Dec 10, 2024 | 9:59 am
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eggsbenedict
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Originally Posted by Eastbay1K
Abuse? If we're merely partaking in the offer of a product subject to its T&Cs, a product which is often an airline's most profitable cash cow, perish the thought of there being abuse.
I don't mean abuse in this way as an ethical/moral deficiency on the card holder's part, and I certainly don't want to come across as sympathizing with BoA or AS in any way, I'm sure they do just fine.

I mean using the product in a way that was not quite as the marketing department intended and didn't envision the card being used. I imagine 3x on foreign spend is planned as a "we fly internationally now, get this card and put your spend for your trip to Seoul on it for extra points!". Not, "we want you to switch your $30,000/mo in Facebook France ad spend onto this card". I'm happy to do some variation on the latter if it's available, but there's a good reason no other card offers this perk.
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