Originally Posted by
Critic
Is it possible that US went data mining, pulling up PNRs from Jan-Apr that contained references to UA elites, then sold that data to AA (either directly or via an intermediary) for a paltry sum? They can't SHARE data, but there's no restriction on buying mailing lists data, is there?
If this was something that US did at the behest of AA they could get in trouble. And if it is something they have never done before, and proposed it to AA, they also could potentially get in trouble.
Much more likely it's targetted based on past experience with AA, AA's belief you may be "poachable" and other criteria.