Originally Posted by
joer1212
Airlines spying on what people post on FlyerTalk, then going through the epic trouble of trying to match anonymous posts to activity within their entire database??? This not only sounds creepy, but highly implausible, and nearly impossible to prove.
Airlines have been doing this for years and they have a whole fraud department to do this job. I recall seeing those "red-handed" threads in the old Northwest Forum, DL and UA Forum over the years.
To entertain, you could start reading this thread from 2003:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...ing-miles.html
There are plenty of other threads about buying and/or selling miles. Take you time to dig them up. It's totally up to you what you decide to do, as long as you are aware of the risk involved. Good luck!