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Old Dec 24, 2005 | 9:04 pm
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freakflyer
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Originally Posted by swag
I just googled the first sentence of the article (enclosed in quotes), and it gave me a link to an unportected Economist page:
http://www.economist.com/printeditio...ory_id=5323615
I take exception to the word scam in:

But sadly one of the best scams to earn lots of miles ended in 2003, when the American Treasury stopped accepting credit cards for online bond purchases.
It was a great way to earn money (with real money being invested, vs the 250,000 UA miles people were earning for signing up for a mortgage line of credit).

The article does reiterate that it is important to use the miles when you can.
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