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Re:How to spend money on your friends without it looking lik... by zamnos on Friday April 28, 2023 @12:48PM (#35743850)
don't forget airline points! Also don't forget credit card points. I'm not treating you to dinner, I got his gift card through my discover card and now I got to use it
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Re:How to spend money on your friends without it looking lik... by hgsgm on Friday April 28, 2023 @01:14PM (#35744226)
You spend so much money that 3-5% back pays for luxuries?!
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Re:How to spend money on your friends without it looking lik... by zamnos on Friday April 28, 2023 @09:11PM (#35749019)
That's besides the point. This is in the context of spending money on people when they get all weird about it. Saying that I got these points that are expiring so we have to go to dinner at a moderately upscale restaurant turns the table on "I'm buying you dinner because I want to spend time with you, I don't want to cook, and I know dinner at this restaurant is half your whole food budget for the month." into them doing you the favor of not leaving points/money on the table.

Still though, $200 for (half) of dinner, on a card giving 5% Cashback is $4,000, and that doesn't have to be spent in one month.

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