is it illegal to hire someone to fly under your name?
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agreed (and in a heartbeat)
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I great idea in theory. As you can obtain miles, or have an alibi if you murder someone, etc. HAHA
However, the plan fails if your flight is detoured or emergency situation and everyone needs to recheck into security area. While this is infrequent it can happen with summer storms, mechanical difficulties, etc. so your flight from DFW to ORD is landing in ST. Louis and must show ID to check in to different aircraft.
However, the plan fails if your flight is detoured or emergency situation and everyone needs to recheck into security area. While this is infrequent it can happen with summer storms, mechanical difficulties, etc. so your flight from DFW to ORD is landing in ST. Louis and must show ID to check in to different aircraft.
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How can the airline you fly on confiscate the miles of a 3rd party/airline Frequent Flyer Programm ?
They could notify they respective airline etc etc... no clue where that would lead to
They could notify they respective airline etc etc... no clue where that would lead to
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On a related note, why don't airlines allow you to purchase a ticket, not fly and get the miles? This would benefit the airlines because they then could either resell the ticket (this could be built into the agreement if the person does not fly) or fly without the added weight of the person and his/her baggage.
Certain routes/markets on certain dates/times are cheaper because UA wants to encourage people to fly them, not to buy EQMs on the cheap. Think about the arbitrage opportunities if airlines let you do this: You could simply buy tons of el cheapos you had no interest in flying, then take the miles and redeem them for premium/expensive tickets. MRs sort of do this, but there are limits. You can't find a super-cheap sub $0.02 CPM fare, then buy 10 of them, one day after the other, with no intent to fly.
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the simple thing would be... you buy the ticket, have someone fly, but you be in control of their FF account and the miles... it's worked before
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Doesn't work if your primary purpose is getting annual status and accumulating enough miles for lifetime status. They would get the status, not you.
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What about marks put on boarding passes at security? Granted sometimes it's just a swipe of a black pen. No problem. But I believe I've seen stamped marks a few times. I'm assuming the friend's ticket would be in your pocket and the friend wouldn't be there to go thru security before passing it on....
I find this an interesting discussion though. I wouldn't want to be identified as traveling under someone else's name though. Illegal or not, I don't imagine a night of fun with security.
I find this an interesting discussion though. I wouldn't want to be identified as traveling under someone else's name though. Illegal or not, I don't imagine a night of fun with security.
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There used to be a black market for airline tickets before they started checking ID. You would see classified ads "DFW-LAX, Male January 14-29" and naming a price.
The conspiracy theorists quickly assumed the airport ID process was put in place to stop this kind of activity. Of course, frequent flyer programs were much more generous back then so it might have been worth it to get people to fly for you.
As to the OP, you could probably get away with it, but you're asking for trouble doing this in the current security climate.
The conspiracy theorists quickly assumed the airport ID process was put in place to stop this kind of activity. Of course, frequent flyer programs were much more generous back then so it might have been worth it to get people to fly for you.
As to the OP, you could probably get away with it, but you're asking for trouble doing this in the current security climate.
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There used to be a black market for airline tickets before they started checking ID. You would see classified ads "DFW-LAX, Male January 14-29" and naming a price.
The conspiracy theorists quickly assumed the airport ID process was put in place to stop this kind of activity. Of course, frequent flyer programs were much more generous back then so it might have been worth it to get people to fly for you.
As to the OP, you could probably get away with it, but you're asking for trouble doing this in the current security climate.
The conspiracy theorists quickly assumed the airport ID process was put in place to stop this kind of activity. Of course, frequent flyer programs were much more generous back then so it might have been worth it to get people to fly for you.
As to the OP, you could probably get away with it, but you're asking for trouble doing this in the current security climate.
You brought back memories of the great 80s
No need to toss you return tickets but sell it through the local new papers.
As student, it was a great way to fly or get back home on cheap!
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Assuming that it was a turn without leaving the sterile area, yes it would work. But very, very shady and there are some hidden risks. Suppose your a/c on the return goes out of service and you are either put another airline or forced to spend the night somewhere before returning (again assuming there was not an alternative flight/routing that day), which would probably require showing identification again. This would include checking into any hotel unless you want to sleep on the airport floor.
And anyone who would do this and rely their trust on such a dishonest person is probably asking for trouble in the long run.
And anyone who would do this and rely their trust on such a dishonest person is probably asking for trouble in the long run.
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So the moral of the story is, don't try and game the system it'll only end up costing you in the long run.