Maybe the super-rich aren’t so different from the rest of us after all. The Associated Press wrote about how the uber rich approach membership rewards points:

• When Chinese Billionaire Liu Yiqian bought a $170 million Modigliani painting he paid for it with his American Express “AmEx” card.
• This will allow him and his family to fly anywhere in the world in First Class for the rest of their lives.
• Yiqian was the owner of AmEx’s black card – an invitation only card with no credit limit.
• The card comes with a membership reward program not too different from the one that plebs with common cards are enrolled in.
• The $170 million purchase will give him enough points to fly 3,000 times between the US and Europe in Singapore Airlines’ decadent Suites Class (pictured) – a ticket that normally costs $17,800.
• The real loser is Christie’s – the auctioneer that Yiqian will be paying. AmEx takes a 2-3% cut from merchants of all sales paid for by its card.

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Source: CBC News

Via: Marginal Revolution