If you were short 13,000 mikles what were you thinking? Buying miles for an award, unless it's a couple of thousand to "top-off" what you have banked is insane anyway. Add to that the T&Cs of the "bonuses" programs and you deserve what you got! No sympathy here. You should have read the "fine print" which undoubtedly stated that bonus miles are credited sometime after the miles you buy - sometimes up to 3 months after. If you were relying on the bonus miles for your award you were suckered into the airline's spider web of deceit and you deserve whatever consequences you now face. Why don't you do what I do? Only rely on miles that are actually in your account for an award ticket. They played you for a fool and you showed them that, by not being aware of the T&Cs for this particular offer, you ARE, indeed, a fool. Go cry on a shoulder that cares. You'll get no sympathy here!
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