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Old Oct 23, 2007 | 8:20 am
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Rebelyell
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Originally Posted by mtparadis
I believe there has been discussion in MilesBuzz! about buying gift cards to other stores (restaurants, bookstores, iTunes, for example) at grocery stores for the purpose of getting grocery store bonuses. I know Krogers here sell all sorts of gift cards, but I haven't tried it before. I don't see why your plan wouldn't work though.

In the past, I have bought Walmart/Sam's Club gift cards at Walmart (to get miles at Sam's Club) and had no problem with the mileage posting.
I thought that was the case. But I did want to bring the Scrip issue out for anyone who might be participating in that program. This is new for this year, and I only found out about it because I actually read one of the sheets that came home with the children. Often times I just throw them away unread. The school has not done a good job publicizing this change, and I don't think they realize that many people are trying to get miles on their credit cards.
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