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Apr 25, 2007 | 1:46 pm

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Join Date: Mar 2007

Programs: DL Plat, AA Plat, HH Diamond, Marriott Gold, SPG Gold, AMEX Plat, Merrill+, Citi AMEX Chairman

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Originally Posted by budugu

I think as some one mentioned in some SPG thread; forget about TYN or Merill+ just churn airline cards every year or so. Even if you donot get the bonus miles you should be able to atleast get one of the cards for free. With offering of various shades of cards + business cards it should be fairly simple. And 1-2 enquiries per year should not be that bad either. That is what looks like the most promising of the lot.

Yes ML and World points expire after 5 years.

I think that you can have both:

a. A good primary/secondary rewards program
b. Churn other affinity cards to make bonuses

For those who want rapid rewards, TYN is excellent AND you can churn the ~50 different TY cards that Citibank offers.

Merrill+ offers great benefits that you cannot get via churning.

You can certainly churn AA, etc. to gain extra miles.

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