{"id":12826,"date":"2025-11-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=12826"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:49:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T22:49:26","slug":"tuesday-thought-terms-and-conditions-are-often-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/tuesday-thought-terms-and-conditions-are-often-guidelines\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Thought: Terms and Conditions are Often Guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In the Ten Commandments of Churning, of which I’ve yet to discover nine of the commandments, we discover an auspicious writing that’s particularly relevant in the last couple of weeks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Terms and Conditions are only advisory unless you’re in legal mediation or in a court of law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– The 10 commandments of churning, unpublished<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Just because a particular bank tells you that they won’t award a sign-up bonus to prior customers doesn’t mean that they actually behave as written. Just because a credit card company says that they won’t award points if you buy a gift card doesn’t mean that you won’t see points when you buy a gift card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conversely, just because a crypto company says that you’re eligible for a sign-up bonus doesn’t mean they’ll pay it out unless you force their hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happy Tuesday, and always be probing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Wednesday Weather forecasts are advisory too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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