Widow takes on airline over loyalty scheme

Published: 4:53PM Monday February 02, 2009

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We all know that you do not get anything for free, but that does not stop many of us faithfully using our various loyalty cards, believing that at some point, we will get something.

Well, a word of warning for anyone teaming up with family members to collect frequent flyer points by using their credit card: did you know what happens to those points when you die?

Wellington widow Jan Farrington has just found out the hard way, as Corinne Ambler investigates.

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