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Old May 3, 2007 | 5:52 am
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You got a tier bonus on RJ? That isn't on the table there - maybe this is a temporary bug?

IB has a 300 minimum too (but then I accept you did say mickey mouse ) but JL has no minimum at all.

I always thought this was due to the fact it cost the airlines something behind the scenes to award miles in another's program - ISTR EI used to be 500 but when it went and 'enhanced' all its products and commenced its race to the bottom I recall they dropped to 300 to reduce the cost of awarding miles on el cheapo tickets. Depends on what they're willing to stump up for I guess. Likewise the 25% earning on AA discount fares is because BA doesn't AAward AAdvantage members 100% on its discount fares either.
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