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How Frequent Fliers Exploit A Government Program To Get Free Trips

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Frank Galikanokus

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Jul 21, 2011, 2:06:30 PM7/21/11
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Any a yinz guys see this one?

Travel enthusiasts who buy thousands of dollar coins with credit cards that award
frequent-flier miles for purchases.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/13/137795995/how-frequent-fliers-exploit-a-government-program-to-get-free-trips

JAM

Bremick

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Jul 21, 2011, 4:48:12 PM7/21/11
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"Frank Galikanokus" <FrankGal...@nospam.net> wrote in message
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Big news a year ago. Must be coming around again.


Paul Ciszek

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Jul 21, 2011, 9:45:13 PM7/21/11
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I have been looking for ways to buy new dollar coins in bulk (I like to
put them into circulation, and I prefer the ones that feature native
american agriculture on the back), but the mint will only sell them
loose in envelopes of fifty for people who show up in person; no way
to order them or pay by credit card, or so they said over the phone.
How do I order a box of dollars?

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Mike Benveniste

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Jul 21, 2011, 10:17:33 PM7/21/11
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On 7/21/2011 9:45 PM, Paul Ciszek wrote:

> How do I order a box of dollars?

http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&identifier=8100

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Paul Ciszek

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Jul 29, 2011, 10:10:26 AM7/29/11
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In article <98s4ud...@mid.individual.net>,

Mike Benveniste <m...@murkyether.com> wrote:
>On 7/21/2011 9:45 PM, Paul Ciszek wrote:
>
>> How do I order a box of dollars?
>
>http://catalog.usmint.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&identifier=8100

Thank you. Now, when I called the Denver Mint, they couldn't tell me
that. They said they could only sell dolar coins in person.

So it looks like if I want to get a bunch of the coins conveniently, I
have to get them from the Philadelphia mint rather than the one in my
home town. Pity.

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