As many of you out there are milage experts i do not see any threads about purchasing miles and the pro's and Con's of the situation. There are a plethora of milage brokers out there who can sell you a ready account I.E. some one else's account with the needed amount of miles or fill your account with points Depending on the type of account you have.

First off I would like to state typically when you are in a bind most airlines will sell you the additional points at 0.03 per mile depending on the airline and most have a limit to the amount you can purchase in a given year. On the plus side of thing you can get an unlimited number of points from a broker between 0.018 - 0.02 dropped into your pre-existing account. and when you need 100K points the difference is a whopping $1000 dollars. What are the draw backs you ask.

Well when signing up with any airline loyalty program in the terms and conditions you agree to never purchase points from anyone except who the airline deems reputable. another words they are getting a cut of the action. So how can they catch you you ask?

They do yearly scans to see who has flown on what points and how they fly. Details are complex

What happens if you get caught? Well First the airline will cancel any existing award reservations, most likely cancel your account. So all that hard work to get to your status is now alllllllll gone. Any future award reservations made by your exact First Name Last Name and DOB will be canceled. This is not some thing you want to risk.

So what do you do? Well Every Airline has a back door. Tune in later to find out how to be 100% safe