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Old May 27, 2017, 5:01 pm
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Originally Posted by mduell
Now that the attempted sale has been clarified to an ETC instead of a GPU/RPU, I'm even more confused why a 1K/GS is having trouble using them. Unless you're doing almost exclusively partner flying there should be plenty of opportunity to spend the ETCs you get from UA.
One example, a field engineer is 100% on travel and the travel is paid for by his employer 100% of the time. His own spending is nearly $0 thus no use for the ETC.

Originally Posted by Often1
That is simply untrue. Read the TOS and you will find the following. It took me less than 30 seconds. "Sell" is not at issue here. This is a legitimate inquiry by UA Security for information to assist in investigating and mitigating fraud & crime:

We may use and retain your personal information as follows:
. . .
Prevent, detect, mitigate, and investigate fraudulent or illegal activities
Prevent, detect, mitigate, and investigate fraud, security breaches, potentially prohibited or illegal activities
Breaking a UA rule is not illegal. Thats why the OP didn't goto jail or get the death penalty
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