ITunes Match on 2 Macs?

I currently run 2 Mac's. MacBook Air which is my main computer and a Mac mini. I have been running match for a very long time without too much issue.
I recently added the Mac mini to match to download all my music in the cloud to this computer. It did it fine and I downloaded some stuff.
When I went back to my main it was now not on match, I tried to re-add it and it was reporting this error:
"This computer is already associated with an Apple ID. You can use iTunes match on this computer with just one apple id every 90 days. You cannot associate this computer with a different Apple ID for 80 days."
I got onto support about this and they allowed a one-time exception and let me add my MacBook Air back to match
> Thanks for replying with the information I requested. You can enabled Match or disable match as much as you'd like as long as you're not associating your Apple ID with another computer or using your Apple ID in another computer and enabling iTunes Match.
So I have seen a lot of posts from people who say they use match on 2 Macs with no problem? I am very confused about all this as I basically want to just be able to access my match library on the Mac mini but I also dont want to get locked out again!
Can anyone clarify multiple Mac match usage for me?
Thank you!

Hi,
You can use Match on two computers BUT you should only use one Apple ID. Problems arise if you have more than one Apple ID.
Read this http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420 and this http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4627.
Apple supports comment about Apple IDs is not correct -Note:
Your Apple ID can have up to 10 devices and computers (combined) associated with it. Each computer must also be authorized using the same Apple ID. Once a device or computer is associated with your Apple ID, you cannot associate that device or computer with another Apple ID for 90 days.
Jim

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