System and method for redeeming affinity rewards as political contributions

A method for redeeming of affinity points as political contributions, comprising:

• a) presenting an individual with a list of affinity programs from which to donate points to a political organization;
• b) receiving, from said individual, a selection of an affinity program from among said list of affinity programs;
• c) receiving, from said individual, a desired amount of points to be redeemed from said affinity program selected in said step (b);
• d) converting said desired amount of points into a cash equivalent amount;
• e) deducting said desired amount of points from the balance of an account belonging to said individual and associated with said affinity program selected in said step (b);
• and
• f) forwarding at least a portion of said cash equivalent amount to said political organization.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to facilitate the redeeming of affinity points as political contributions, said control logic comprising:

• first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to query an individual whether said individual would like to donate points from an affinity program to said political organization;
• second computer readable program code means for causing the computer to present said individual with a list of affinity programs from which to donate points to said political organization;
• third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to receive, from said individual, a selection of a desired affinity program from among said list of affinity programs;
• fourth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to receive, from said individual, a desired amount of points to be redeemed from said desired affinity program;
• fifth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to convert said desired amount of points into a cash equivalent amount;
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• sixth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to initiate a transfer of funds equaling at least a portion of said cash equivalent amount to said political organization.

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to redeem affinity points as political contributions, said control logic comprising:

• first computer readable program code means for causing the computer to present an individual with a list of affinity programs from which to donate points to a political organization;
• second computer readable program code means for causing the computer to receive, from said individual, a selection of an affinity program from among said list of affinity programs;
• third computer readable program code means for causing the computer to receive, from said individual, a desired amount of points to be redeemed from said selected affinity program;
• fourth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to convert said desired amount of points into a cash equivalent amount;
• fifth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to deduct said desired amount of points from the balance of an account belonging to said individual and associated with said selected affinity program;
• and
• sixth computer readable program code means for causing the computer to initiate a transfer of funds equaling at least a portion of said cash equivalent amount to said political organization.