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Dec 30, 2002 | 10:09 am

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Bidkat, your gift card analogy is a bad one. A $20 gift card was paid for with 20 US dollars. It was not handed out free from the department store.

AA miles, on the other hand, are given out for free when you buy an AA airline ticket. It is possible to buy miles with dollars, but that would only make sense if you are one day away from getting an award, so future changes are not an issue.

A better analogy would be coupons. Coupons, like AA miles, are given away for free.

Does California law prohibit coupons from ever expiring? If not, does California law prohibit price increases on an item that has an unexpired coupon in circulation?

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