With all due respect, did you not read the other posts i made in the same thread:

"fair enough, "fraud" is a bit extreme. the underlying principle, however, is what bothers me so much."

"again, i'm sorry i used the word "fraud"... i'm just frustrated at how deceptive the marketing can be and i don't like when businesses play games like this with their customers."

i mispoke in my original post and i retracted that statement twice. i don't know what about my post in the first place constituted a 'legal' opinion...i thought that this was a forum where we can talk casually amongst each other and discuss certain topics. this is the first time i've posted on the "MilesBuzz!" forum and i feel like i'm being grilled by camryn manheim in an episode of "the practice".

in the future, i hope you and the rest of the flyertalk community will take opportunities like this to help others see things from a different perspective and impart your knowledge and experience onto others, rather than using it as an opportunity to insult and bully people. i've never encountered so much hostility from total strangers.

i'll try to "do my homework" next time. and i guess watching a little judge judy wouldn't hurt either.