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The wife gets ill. "Okay," she says to her husband, "I need some Neuropen and some whatnot. Okay, can you go to Boots and buy me these various medical provisions?"
And just as he's leaving, "Oh, by the way," she says, "take my Advantage card so you'll get the points."
He goes along, picks up the Neuropen and, you know, whatever else. He goes to the till, hands over the Advantage card. At which point the person at the till says, "Actually, you can buy these all on the points you've got on the card."
And he goes, "Brilliant, okay." And goes back to his wife, says, "Um, I didn't actually pay for any of this. I got it all with your points." And she's furious, right?
It's immaterial in economic terms whether you spend the points on Neuropen or whether you spend it on Chanel No. 19. However, we prefer buying indulgences on points than with money because it's less guilt-inducing. Okay? It's rather like, you know, it's a lot less painful going business class using your Avios points than it is using