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Old 01-07-2016, 03:18 PM
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We use a Southwest Visa Card as the Southwest Frequent Flyer Program is a good one and we use the airline regularly.

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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
Are all these companies running a scam? I signed up for a credit card because I was told that I'll earn 1.5 MILES for every dollar I spend. When I went to redeem my MILES for airfare I am instructed to take the cost of the ticket and multiply it times 100 to find out how many miles I need to use.

In the real world flight to England is approximately 3,000 miles. I just looked and found that the cost of a round trip ticket is about $1,300. That means I need 130,000 of their so called miles.

I've been with this credit card company for a little over a year. The reason I signed up with them is the air miles. Now when I go to use the MILES I find that they are not miles.

Do all these companies scam their customers like this?