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4X4 · 10-04-2016, 08:33 PM

I hear they're going to start letting 5 year old miles expire. I've got about 4000 miles that took me 7 years to collect, so I want to cash out, and frisbee the card into the chest of the next shop employee that asks for it. Well, maybe I don't need to be that dramatic. Maybe I want to know why I'm so terrible at collecting Air Miles. My sister went to NYC on her Air Miles a little while ago, but I apparently have about enough to buy a crappy pair of headphones. That's about the extent of things that I'm interested in, that's available with these miles. The site takes minutes to load pages, and in each category, there are about 15 things. Many of which require cash as well as miles. What a crappy rewards program. A laptop for 1100 Miles plus $1100? WTF?

I screwed around with the travel portion. I can probably fly to Vegas. But I can also probably fly to Vegas for about $300. Did I really carry this stupid card around for 7 years to save $300? Don't get me wrong, $300 is $300, but god damn, I thought I'd have a little more to show for it.

What are people's thoughts on Air Miles? Am I just doing it wrong or is it a waste of time? Don't suppose anyone wants to give me cash for my useless (to me) Air Miles? Should I keep collecting, or should I get the crappy cordless headphones as an xmas gift for someone, and then donate the card to a cokehead?

10-04-2016, 08:33 PM	#1
4X4 One of the Nine Join Date: Dec 2004 Exp:	Air Miles I hear they're going to start letting 5 year old miles expire. I've got about 4000 miles that took me 7 years to collect, so I want to cash out, and frisbee the card into the chest of the next shop employee that asks for it. Well, maybe I don't need to be that dramatic. Maybe I want to know why I'm so terrible at collecting Air Miles. My sister went to NYC on her Air Miles a little while ago, but I apparently have about enough to buy a crappy pair of headphones. That's about the extent of things that I'm interested in, that's available with these miles. The site takes minutes to load pages, and in each category, there are about 15 things. Many of which require cash as well as miles. What a crappy rewards program. A laptop for 1100 Miles plus $1100? WTF? I screwed around with the travel portion. I can probably fly to Vegas. But I can also probably fly to Vegas for about $300. Did I really carry this stupid card around for 7 years to save $300? Don't get me wrong, $300 is $300, but god damn, I thought I'd have a little more to show for it. What are people's thoughts on Air Miles? Am I just doing it wrong or is it a waste of time? Don't suppose anyone wants to give me cash for my useless (to me) Air Miles? Should I keep collecting, or should I get the crappy cordless headphones as an xmas gift for someone, and then donate the card to a cokehead?