Originally Posted by
Evan!
What's the lesson that
flyerd learned?... post about selling miles and get your FT account suspended? I've looked through the threads referenced and I did not see anything indicating that
flyerd went to jail, had his accounts closed, lost miles through confiscation by an airline, or any other "lesson" (other than FT suspension).
Mind you I am not advocating trying to scam the system or break any airline rules. I really would like to know what makes
flyerd a "
once-self-proclaimed-pro-miles-seller" and not just a pro miles seller! I was expecting to read a story reminiscent of the
Scared Straight documentary of the 70s where
flyerd now lectures would-be miles sellers on the dark path that led him to horrible consequences. I don't see it. Please point me to the posts about these consequences he suffered.
First things first. Based on my public exchange/posts with him, I don't know what lesson, if any,
flyerd had learned. To be frankly honest with you, I don't care if he learned any lesson at all. If you read how many roll-eyes comments toward him from our established fellow FTers, you'll know how welcome he'd been on FT.
I also doubt you would be able to see any "confession" from said FTer what lead him from selling tons of miles to be
in desperate need of buying 140,000 AA miles within 24 hours. Maybe he had been so successful and decided to become a mile-broker himself. Maybe he had
taken airlines to court, as he seems to know what he's talking about. I am not a fortune-teller and simply don't know.
What I do know from his posts is how little respect he had with TOS (for both FFPs and FT). I am actually not surprised to find out just today that he had been suspended (on FT. btw, it has nothing to do with his talking about selling miles, if I read the mod's note correctly). I can only assume it might be just a matter of time before the airlines track him down and take whichever action toward his FFP accounts.
From reading our AA, CO, Delta and UA Forum/s over the years, I know there are FTers hunted down by airline legal/anti-fraud department for selling miles (I am too lazy to dig up those threads right now). Not everyone who gets caught red handed will come forward and "publicize" their (wrong)doing on Internet bulletin boards but there are enough incident reports on FT that all FTers, let it be newbie or not, can learn a lesson or two from.
Maybe I was too subtle, but I was expecting our savvy FTers would be able to put together the (the-road-you-should-never-travel) puzzle. I was mainly trying to point out the (deep) trouble one could get himself into when selling miles via all those legit-or-not websites. It will be much more challenging to fly under the radar if you are selling (or buying) in a large scale.
I've learned enough from our FT University and know how unwise it is to sell your miles, let alone so righteously.