selling miles - is it legal?
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selling miles - is it legal?
I saw this banner ad on FT (!) and decided to look into it. Brought me to this web page.
http://flyer-miles.com/selling-frequent-flyer-miles
I am OK with friends using my miles, but has anyone done this?
http://flyer-miles.com/selling-frequent-flyer-miles
I am OK with friends using my miles, but has anyone done this?
#2
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I saw this banner ad on FT (!) and decided to look into it. Brought me to this web page.
http://flyer-miles.com/selling-frequent-flyer-miles
I am OK with friends using my miles, but has anyone done this?
http://flyer-miles.com/selling-frequent-flyer-miles
I am OK with friends using my miles, but has anyone done this?
#3
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While selling miles is not illegal in the sense that it is a criminal act, it is a violation of airline/hotel terms and conditions and may result in forfeiture of the account and its contents.
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Using a ticket for transportation in violation of its terms and conditions is an offense in (I believe) several places, including (at least) California. I don't know if this statute has ever been used to prosecute someone who bought a ticket for miles, but I think it could be.
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Probably no fun to be denied boarding when you want to come home from Hong Kong. And, too late to buy a discount ticket.
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They negotiate with the carriers to provide that service. They cut the carriers in on the deal in many cases and the rates are generally awful from an end-user perspective so the carriers permit it.
Originally Posted by jyzhu
so how does a place like points.com exist?
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No need to ask the same question twice: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/18359959-post30.html
Not to mention you'd started a thread on your own: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...my-points.html
Do you really have to keep cross-posting the same thing about selling your miles over and over and over again when there are quite a few threads on FT already?
Not to mention you'd started a thread on your own: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...my-points.html
Do you really have to keep cross-posting the same thing about selling your miles over and over and over again when there are quite a few threads on FT already?
#12
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The discussion is current since the policy about selling miles for most, if not all, frequent flyer programs has NOT changed. It's against the programs' rules to sell miles. Period. In terms of the topic of your interest, this old thread is still current:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...s-illegal.html
You may not be aware of our TOS w/r/t cross-posting on FT. That's why I also provided the link to FT TOS in your first thread. But you kept doing the same thing after 2 FTers had pointed out to you not to cross-post. That's not cool. Please respect our TOS, because (from FT guidelines):
Our members read many forums, and weeding through the same message in multiple forums can be frustrating....
Without understanding and/or reading through the existing discussion threads, you seem determined to sell your miles and points anyway. FWIW, good luck!
Last edited by lin821; Apr 9, 2012 at 10:56 am Reason: a typo
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No need to ask the same question twice: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/18359959-post30.html
Not to mention you'd started a thread on your own: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...my-points.html
Do you really have to keep cross-posting the same thing about selling your miles over and over and over again when there are quite a few threads on FT already?
Not to mention you'd started a thread on your own: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...my-points.html
Do you really have to keep cross-posting the same thing about selling your miles over and over and over again when there are quite a few threads on FT already?
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Posts by new member attempting to sell his miles both via posts and PMs have been deleted and his account suspended. Because of that, knowledgeable responses above might not seem to have context.
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