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Old May 5, 2009 | 1:26 pm
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Cheerfulflyer
 
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I suppose the suggestion is more clean and logical than the responses to it have assumed. Perhaps it is like a fly-a-thon. You pay someone to fly (on their own name, passport, id etc). Then they transfer the miles to your account. Of course the upshot is you can accumulate miles this way, but this is not applicable towards elite qualification (if that is important) and other benefits that accrues for doing MR by oneself.

Originally Posted by LA_Traveler
Definitely sounds like an invitation for trouble with the airline and/or the TSA.
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