<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by swflaboy:
I say you do a nice pencil on paper drawing and sell that as your item with the "bonus" free ticket. Who is to say that the drawing isn't worth $1000 now or in the future?
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That is called circumventing the rule. Technically you can still be at fault. And even if you could not, this is not a battle of what is legal or not, the airline can close your account if it wishes, just to protect themselves. If they close your account, you are SOL.