Lots of interesting stuff here but just to point out.

1) I very seldom fly Avianca. I maybe have not even flown Avianca since the flight referenced in post #2 but I could have forgotten

2) I don't have AV or *A status

3) We never add FF numbers when booking flights. Do it yourself at the airport, so if anyone has status then AV will not know during the bidding window

4) All of our flights are domestic

There are at least 2 reasons right there why I would not have seen any auction invitations

I think these oligarchs that you speak of would pay J anyway rather than suffer the foibles of AV technology and the mythical seat auction.