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Old 11-29-2022, 01:14 PM   #97
timun
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Originally Posted by bizaro86 View Post
Ok then. Hard for me to argue a hypothetical, but I was getting similar/greater value in bonus miles before than I am in bonus scene points now. And obviously with the base rate going to zero I was getting infinitely more in base earnings. YMMV.
Absolutely YMMV. As I wrote weeks and weeks ago:

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Originally Posted by timun View Post
True there were Air Miles offers of similar value to what I 'earned' yesterday from Scene, but they were very very seldom relevant to my buying. Whereas yesterday, without modifying my buying pattern at all, I earned considerably more. It's just one anecdotal weekend shopping trip, and I wouldn't be surprised if this is about as good as it gets for the Scene program, but it really reinforced just how incredibly pointless and stupid the Air Miles program had become.

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(... in my experience I essentially never bought anything that earned me "bonus" Miles)


Yes, it's entirely my own anecdotal experience. I like reading this thread and comparing anecdotal stories because Air Miles was pointless and stupid for me, and I'm somewhat fascinated by stories from people for whom it 'worked'.
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