4 ways to swap mileage for stuff
Nov 27, 2000 | 11:13 am
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4 ways to swap mileage for stuff
4 ways to swap mileage for stuff-
Trade miles for electronics, college funds, an African safari
Since they began in 1981, airline mileage programs have become some of the most popular marketing ideas ever invented. Hotel frequent-stay programs are popular, too. More than 61 million Americans are members of at least one airline frequent flier or hotel stay program. But cashing in those miles for an actual plane ticket or hotel room has grown somewhat challenging. What follows are four ways to swap miles for merchandise.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/493813.asp
Trade miles for electronics, college funds, an African safari
Since they began in 1981, airline mileage programs have become some of the most popular marketing ideas ever invented. Hotel frequent-stay programs are popular, too. More than 61 million Americans are members of at least one airline frequent flier or hotel stay program. But cashing in those miles for an actual plane ticket or hotel room has grown somewhat challenging. What follows are four ways to swap miles for merchandise.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/493813.asp
Nov 27, 2000 | 10:48 pm
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Well, at least there's magazines. I'll have a hard time paying for a subscription again. Today Red Herring, tomorrow the retail world.
Nov 28, 2000 | 8:27 pm
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No one has yet disputed that Milepoint is NOT a great value!
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"...Hence Milepoint.com and AOL AAdvantage Rewards. We'll likely see many more variations on these two attempts to address the problems and opportunities that arise from the airlines' mileage dilemma..."
http://www.colloquy.com/online/curre...4/pubnotes.asp
ALSO:
"...Hence Milepoint.com and AOL AAdvantage Rewards. We'll likely see many more variations on these two attempts to address the problems and opportunities that arise from the airlines' mileage dilemma..."
http://www.colloquy.com/online/curre...4/pubnotes.asp
Dec 1, 2000 | 8:51 pm
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