Originally Posted by
gemini573
If they really wanted to track you down, they most certainly can. They've closed accounts of people selling miles or swus. They sent the information to the authorities to arrest that stupid girl in the Netherlands about a bomb threat she made on Twitter.
Last name known, EXP, flying that specific itinerary -- yep, OP is eminently data-mineable to AA
Again, I doubt they'd do anything or care much about a one-off segment skip (this is obviously far less serious to AA than selling SWUs or making bomb threats). But whenever I break even the seemingly minor rules, I refrain from posting about it online. You just never know.