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Old Oct 19, 2015 | 8:30 am
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Originally Posted by MMinNYC
I got a ticket with someone else's flight information, and I was really worried that someone had stolen my miles or something else bad had happened.

So I called up the airline to figure out the problem.
It turned out that the other passenger has the same name as me, but my email address is [email protected] and her email is [email protected].
I've been tempted to email the person to see how their trip to London was, but I haven't emailed her... yet.
Originally Posted by 869
Bogus explanation...

On gmail, periods do not differentiate email addresses. There is no way you have first.last@ and someone else has firstlast@.

In fact, you could email f.i.r.s.t.l.a.s.t@, fir.stla.st@, or fi.rs.tl.as.t@ and you will get the email.
Yes, GMail does let you play games with usernames and it's probably not as simple as a period vs not.

What I'd really be concerned with is why your email is now showing up on her account? Is this a new account or someone fudged in making a change?
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