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Aug 17, 2015 | 8:03 am

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Pavane

We're going on a trip with friends. They have a gazillion AA miles on a company credit card that they even forgot about it until I told them to use their miles for this trip. We don't have quite enough. We have something they want (an antique). I think it is about worth the cost of the airfares. What's a fair dollar amount for a swap. I am assuming they can gift us the miles.

They can gift you miles.

If you want to do something nice in return, that's okay.

If you want a fair trade value for miles, that is fraud: you are violating the terms and conditions of the AAdvantage program. Their miles and your trip can be put at risk by trading or bartering miles. Yes, it can, and has happened; AA personnel do read these fora. AA is quite aggressive about this.

Furthering fraud is prohibited on FlyerTalk. http://www.flyertalk.com/help/rules.php#deceptive

Thread closed. /Moderator

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At no time may AAdvantage mileage credit or award tickets be purchased, sold, advertised for sale or bartered (including but not limited to transferring, gifting, or promising mileage credit or award tickets in exchange for support of a certain business, product or charity and/or participation in an auction, sweepstakes, raffle or contest). Any such mileage or tickets are void if transferred for cash or other consideration. Violators (including any passenger who uses a purchased or bartered award ticket) may be liable for damages and litigation costs, including American Airlines attorneys’ fees incurred in enforcing this rule.

Use of award tickets that have been acquired by purchase or for any other consideration may result in the tickets being canceled, confiscated and/or the passenger being denied boarding. If a trip has been started, any continued travel will be at the passenger's expense on a full-fare basis. The passenger and member who attempts to use such a ticket may also be liable to American Airlines for the cost of a full fare ticket for any segments flown on a sold or bartered ticket.

https://www.aa.com/i18n/AAdvantage/termsConditions.jsp.