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- From: henry@ADS.COM (Henry Mensch)
- Subject: Re: Low Fee Credit cards with Freq Flier Mileage
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.235119.22442@ads.com>
- Sender: usenet@ads.com (USENET News)
- Organization: Advanced Decision Systems; a div of Booz, Allen & Hamilton
- References: <3268.502.uupcb@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us>
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 23:51:19 GMT
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- john.ewin@pcb.batpad.lgb.ca.us (John Ewin) wrote:
- ->In conjunction with "Air Miles", the card is basically the same as their
- ->Classic cards, is only $5 more ($25/year), and offers mileage credits
- ->for several airlines.
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- this is not at all the same thing; "Air Miles" is only vaguely similar
- to frequent flyer programs. the "Air Miles" you accumulate are good
- for trips on quite a few airlines, but one "Air Mile" is one
- travelling mile ... the "Air Miles" you get don't always have a direct
- relation to how many dollars you spend.
-
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- # henry mensch / booz, allen & hamilton, inc. / <henry@ads.com>
- # "fight the real enemy." -- sinead o'connor, and many others.
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