<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ClueByFour:
...We could adopt the stance of various folks in the CC forum and debate the technical merits for days. Or accept that the world has grey areas. </font>
I would vote for the latter.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by skofarrell:
...By my read, this specifically allows the trading of SWUs and their ilk as long as cash is not involved...."Legally transferable" creates a grey area, as UA's T&Cs do say "void if bartered or sold"....</font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">My interpretation is that an "airline award" is an award ticket "purchased" with mileage. An SWU is a coupon freely given to elite members in addition to mileage. Selling either is bad. Trading the latter is OK, as long as "free issuance and community spirit" are kept in mind. </font>
Exactly, imo.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by chexfan:
[b]Bringing back this thread on topic... to me, the funniest thing is that in the
Coupon Connection FAQ" cblaisd straight forwardly admits:
3. Come on! Lots of posts offer something for trade. Isn't that against the rules (both the airlines' and per the forum's description) since it's "bartering"? Technically, probably yes."
from the Unofficial Coupon Connection FAQ. Yet it is still allowed to go on??? 
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I want to point something out about the Unofficial Coupon Connection FAQ: In the Coupon Connection main page, there is a standing link in the upper left corner to the FAQ which I authored (but which had lots of good contributions incorporated from others).
I didn't put that link there; Randy or one of his staff did.
And if you click on that link you'll see (in what most of us would recognize, I would submit, as Randy's prose) a comment citing this
"most excellent guide" and noting that folks ought to read it if they are going to
"exchange" items. Again, I didn't write that. And it sure implies to me that Randy is aware of what is in the FAQ. In fact, some of you may remember when the thread title was "Proposed Unofficial Coupon Connection FAQ." I emailed Randy and asked him to take the 'Proposed' out of the title. He did so with the comment "good idea." Again, it doesn't explicitly mean that he has "endorsed" every line; but all of that taken together does indicate that Randy is aware of the situation and found it the FAQ a helpful guide to what's customary.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by chexfan:
...Again, I would appreciate it if someone can explain how this can be as it is the root of my confusion.</font>
I hope the above clarifies this for you.
(Edited for coding)
[This message has been edited by cblaisd (edited 02-15-2003).]