Originally Posted by
Baze
Once selling becomes ok with UA it pretty much assigns a monetary value to them and when that happens the tax man comes a calling. So, in a way, UA is helping us out, and themselves. By letting us give them away there is no monetary value directly assigned to them as in a GPU is valued at X and an RPU is valued at Y.
United themselves are selling miles and no tax man has shown up. How is giving customer miles and upgrade awards any different?
(I am not defending the sale by/to 3rd parties)