Originally Posted by
JacksonFlyer
It is hard to figure out what is really happening as we graciously take everyone's view as fact when there might be something left out of the discussion, I don't know. What I do know is that I have bought over a dozen tickets in the last two years with my miles ( and two tickets on future flights) for friends, unrelated to me, do not work with me, not on the same ticket with me, just friends and not once have I ever had a problem. The only problem for me is the amount of miles I need to burn for whatever destination they or we are going to.
There often is something left out of the discussion. Notwithstanding that, it is helpful to have the data points as to what might trigger the fraud buzzers to go off at AS HQ and be prepared in the event that we may ever book a ticket in such a manner.