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Old Jun 3, 2019 | 6:52 pm
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Originally Posted by ctporter
I too have flown others using my miles (both family and non family members), and I arranged the travel (booked the flights) because I was using my miles, and I was the one that knew enough about selecting flights and seats. Some of the times I was with them, other times I was not. I think it is the combination of location and class of the booked flights, the purchase of miles and no previous earned miles through flying or CC spend, and booking by a seemingly unrelated person that triggers a fraud alert. In my case, I would would have only triggered on one item, the different last names, since my sisters and nieces all have different last names.
I think you are correct. It seems like it takes multiple factors to shutdown and account/ cancel tickets for fraud. The example in this thread seems to hit all of them:

New account
Purchased miles
maximum allowed amount of miles purchased
No actual flying with Alaska
based in Asia
Partner award tickets booked for others with a different last name
intra-Asia award tickets booked

personally, I wouldn’t worry to much about booking award tickets purchased for others unless you meet multiple items in the above list.

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