Originally Posted by
Torino
I have bought (not sold) miles for a ticket. It is (generally) not illegal, but against FF program policies/rules. YMMV, but they do not police this very toughly.
IMHO, nope. I know several folks who have been denied boarding because of airline suspicions that they were using purchased miles redemption tickets. And there are reports on FT about accounts being closed and all miles lost.
Probably no fun to be denied boarding when you want to come home from Hong Kong. And, too late to buy a discount ticket.