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Campaign has raised enough for 40,000 flights, with 3,200 already done, organizers say

Organizers say using donated miles and cash to pay for travel will free up government refugee aid for housing and other services.

U.S. citizens and travel corporations have donated enough frequent flyer miles to provide airfare for tens of thousands of Afghan refugees as they resettle around the country.

A campaign that began with ordinary people donating frequent-flyer miles has raised enough in two months to provide 40,000 flights for refugees from Afghanistan, and organizers and the White House are looking to nearly double that figure.

Ordinary Americans and the nation's airlines are combining to donate miles and cash to help Afghan refugees resettle in the United States.

A campaign that began with ordinary people donating frequent-flyer miles has raised enough in two months to provide 40,000 flights for refugees from Afghanistan, and organizers and the White House are looking to nearly double that figure.

A campaign that began with ordinary people donating frequent-flyer miles has raised enough in two months to provide 40,000 flights for refugees from Afghanis...

A campaign that began with ordinary people donating frequent-flyer miles has raised...

A campaign that began with ordinary people donating frequent-flyer miles has raised enough in two months to provide 40,000 flights for refugees from Afghanistan, and organizers and the White House are looking to nearly double that figure.

Ordinary Americans and the nation's airlines are combining to donate miles and cash to help Afghan refugees resettle in the United States.