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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 12:53 am
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Ideas for getting miles on cards

Couldn't you purchase things with 1 credit card and return them with another? If the store allows this, yeah?
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 12:55 am
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I am not aware of any ways yet.
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 1:01 am
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Originally Posted by bdd
Couldn't you purchase things with 1 credit card and return them with another? If the store allows this, yeah?
Previously discussed in this thread: Purchase on one card ...refund on another

I believe you can find more existing threads on similar topics if you search and dig deeper in this forum.
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 1:07 am
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Originally Posted by bdd
Couldn't you purchase things with 1 credit card and return them with another? If the store allows this, yeah?
Theoretically yes. However most merchants will only refund to the same card the original charge was made to which defeats this tactic.
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 1:26 am
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aaah, thank you. I guess it isn't a great idea. Any other ideas?
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 1:58 am
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Originally Posted by bdd
Any other ideas?
This thread might help:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...nus-miles.html
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 2:01 am
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Hey.. You can rack up points by making a holiday donation, might I suggest:
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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 9:26 am
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if you are in US Air, you might check out the 240% bonus on the US thread, 140 miles per dollar for Track It Back and lesser amounts for other merchants. Get creative, one example for one of my purchases there:

$1000 Barnes and Noble Gift Card =

1000 SPG points for the Amex purchase
10500 US Miles for the promotion purchase
8000 Marriott points for purchases with the card
15-20% discount on each purchase of books to sell in my store plus member discount = $300 profit

I did this more than once due to the $1000 limit on B&N, so there was also a $50 statement credit for the SPG Amex Open card promo.
Cheers!
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