Originally Posted by Marathon Man

sad that this is so true. I too had some big balances but still at least got my miles!!

And then, during the height of all things gift cards, I was able to use their existence to pay down all my CCs and never owe fees at the end of each month! I simply paid peter with paul and "spun" the money and it wound down as I suplimented this with my income...

was worth all the work and I got a ton of cheap miles in the process!

MM