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Consumer Alert: Points can disappear quickly — don't let it happen to you!
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Consumer Alert: Points can disappear quickly — don't let it happen to you!

Loyalty programs love to take away your miles. But you can get them back.

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Christopher Elliott
Feb 13, 2023
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Warning: Your points and miles might be about to expire. 

They did for Sandeep Singh, who withdrew 250,000 Avios points for a ticket on Ibera a few years ago. His airline canceled because of COVID, he rebooked and canceled again — and then the points went "poof!"

"I logged in to my account," he says, "and they were gone."

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