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Old May 14, 2009, 1:33 pm
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Originally Posted by djk7
It's certainly against airline rules, but as far as illegality is concerned, no posters have yet cited any law that would be broken.
Without citing a specific law, I think it's clear to me that this is fraud, obtaining something of value through deceit, which is illeagal as far as I know.

Originally Posted by trekkie
But its not something that i would discussed openly until stricter controls are in place to kick out the airline revenue protection reps.
Quite frankly this comment disgusts me, I don't believe you understand the purpose and spirit of what Flyertalk is really all about.
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