Unlike most people however, I don't redeem Air Miles rewards to cash in for flights. I redeem Air Miles rewards for products like $20 gas gift certificates from Shell.
The main concept behind DirectBuy is that they are an "insider's club" where members can purchase brand-name goods directly from manufacturers' warehouses and by doing so avoid the large retail markups that we see on most products. But is it worth it?
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