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A brochure in the mail reminded us we had a never used Air Miles
account dating back to 2002.

There appear to be a lot of restrictions regarding which transactions
qualify to earn Air Miles. For example many of our 'bills' (often the
larger ones!) are paid on an 'automatic/pre-authorized basis from a
bank account and do not.

As an opinion from other posters here; is use of an Air Miles card
worthwhile? Are there any better alternatives?

When it comes to using the Air Miles for booking it appears also there
are restrictions regarding how many plane seats are available to this
'discount'?

So once again with all the rules and restrictions is the use of an Air
Miles account worthwhile?

One option quoted is one air-mile per $40. To fly, once, 2000 miles
(and return, a total of 4000 miles) to say Europe would require, by
our calculation, an expenditure of 40 x 4000 = $160,000, on items that
do qualify for Air miles? And on days and at at times Air Mile
discounts can be booked?

If one could/can buy a fairly ordinary fare to Europe for say $1000
(or even less?) the Air Miles discount (with it's apparent
limitations) might appear to be worth 1,000/16,000 = 0.625 of one
percent! After several years of spending?

Or am I missing something. Maybe be better to book something at '10%
off regular price', without Air Miles and save $100?

Welcome any comments or contradictions!