Originally Posted by
lin821
Well, I guess you haven't read enough threads on FT about the accounts being audited and frozen. Otherwise you wouldn't have come to such conclusions. As far as I know, there are threads about sellers getting caught in AA, Delta, NW & UA fora every single year.
I agree the fear of being caught is not the serious part. What's serious is the consequences. If frozen accounts and losing miles are within your comfort zone, please go ahead. I recall reading a thread that someone was barred from flying Delta due to the act of selling lots of Skymiles. I believe there's some legal action involved and he also received a letter from the legal department indicating he's officially on Delta's "no-fly" list. Maybe someone can dig up that thread for your reading pleasure.
My point is there's a range of consequences when one sells miles via the channels with no affiliation with FFPs (craigslist and ebay are two perfect examples). If you think you can handle the consequences, nobody can stop you.
FWIW, not everyone who gets caught is willing to go public and post on FT. I am sure there are quite a few untold stories out there.
You know I respect your views so I will not get into a debate about this. I own my frequent flyer miles, whether I decide to sell my miles on flyhub.com or ebay or anything else, or as the airline would want it, give them away at no cost, is none of the airlines business.
In this economy a lot of people who are less fortunate than us, or perhaps who have lost their jobs and have miles to sell should be allow to do this. As far as I'm concerned anyone who wants to sell their frequent flyer miles, or buy them, should do this as they please. This is why sellyourmiles, flyhub.com and loyalmatch, all these companies are successful in what they do. There are a lot of travelers out there who clearly agree with me. There is a huge market for it and these companies get it.