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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 7:30 pm
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Whoever flies gets the miles. No way around it, other than making sure you have the same family name and first initial as the passenger.

You can get miles by paying for his/her ticket with your mileage-earning credit card, but that's a separate issue.

Last edited by Efrem; Aug 22, 2006 at 7:39 pm Reason: to add that "Great minds think alike."
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