<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bostonchef:
geez, i've been here for 6mos or so now. everytime i check into flyertalk i'm astounded by how many of you like to inflate 'loopholes' or other such tactics to buzzwords such as 'fraud' 'dishonesty' and 'immoral' etc. please, people, take it easy. some people are persistent, and, well, my parents taught me that persistence is how you get things you want. if that annoys you, then so be it; the rest of us will take our persistence to the bank. just, please, reserve judgement for yourselves or, as reality probably has it, your loved ones. the rest of us are just exchanging ideas, so leave it alone.
for those moderates out there, sorry for the rant--i just can't stand all the senseless judgements that are being passed around this board.
--bc</font>
I can only laugh at this ... it's amazing what some folks will do to get something they are not entitled to.
It's a well known fact that stealing in moderation is relatively easy ... I can eat all the grapes I want at the grocery store and probably never get caught ... that doesn't make it right.
If you know you are not supposed to get miles for a ticket, how can you justify repeated attempts after the flights to receive miles. That's wrong ... that's trying to get something you have no right to ... that's stealing in my book.
You know, I could walk into the McDonalds down the street and tell them I had lunch there yesterday but they forgot to put one of the cheeseburgers I ordered in my bag and they'd most likely give me a free cheeseburger ... certainly if I were persistent and went to three McDonalds I would eventually get a free cheeseburger. Persistence would net me that free cheeseburger, but it sure as hell ain't right ...