the original question asked what I would do if someone told me about a miles-earning deal that turned out to be bogus.

What if that SOMEONE was a company or series of companies involved in a deal instead of a person who was telling you about it?

I know many here have heard of it before, but for those who have not, consider the recently botched promo on double +25% miles from Points.com that come from the very badly managed AA/Ebay Anything Points/oints.com deal. (You can find the info on that deal in the AA forum and look toward the end posts of the 'Get "UNLIMITED" AA miles for less than $0.01 per mile'" thread at:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...3&goto=newpost

Many companies have seemingly knowingly ripped off many people on this very board of several thousands of miles! They did not post for many people and these were fo the deals people actually stuck with and bought something from! They did not post in time for others, and for no apparant reason except that points.com admits to having had a technical glitch with their systems that send points to and fro. So why do WE have to pay for that and lose out?

They got us to sign up for stuff and then it turned out the deals are bogus because a large percentage of them fail to come thru and you cannot get any acountability or answers about it from the sources. It took teath pulling to the max for those who did get any responses and results. To date, there are only a few of us who have been so lucky. I have written many places, including AA. Ithink the world of points management should about it and AA is the airline who ends up with the miles that come from this deal. I figured AA should be alerted as to the fact that many companies are using their namesake to run a fraudulent and misleading promotion for many customers who got ripped off by it.

AA is not the problem, just the end recipient. Wouldnt YOU want to know if this happened under your watch?

The deal is bogus and the companies involved stole our loyalty (friendship).
And that is fraud.
I hope they stop doing business.

This web site I made below throughly describes the entire issue and we have been launching a full scale attack against the perps. It's only just begun. These are entities and people I would definitely snitch on. They are no friend of mine. My friends are just people trying to get by. These companies have duped us badly.

For all the fine check out:

http://www.theothersideoftraveling.com

MM