In last month’s cover story, we wrote about the partnership between PointsPay and Etihad Guest. In the two months after the partnership launched at the end of September 2012, Etihad Guest members loaded over 163 million miles on to PointsPay plastic and virtual cards and 23 million miles were used to purchase goods from merchants in over 450 cities around the world. Assuming an exchange rate of 1,479 miles for $10, members spent their miles for around $155,500 worth of goods and services. Over 7,000 Etihad Guest members have registered for PointsPay.