Originally Posted by
ursine1
Most eBay drink coupon offers show the set of 4 all attached, as they come from Southwest or Chase. I can't say that I ever seen an auction that showed 6 separate coupons. Even in the heyday after eBay was flooded with all the BS class action coupons they were still shown as sheets or connected sets. I'd certainly be suspicious of anyone offering individual coupons. Given what you describe, I'd suspect the person selling them works for (or is connected to someone who works for) aircraft cleaning crew, or otherwise somehow has access to drink coupons that have been thrown away. It seems unlikely an FA would take such a risk.
Hmmm...
At first I did not consider a cleaning crew. Then I realized that trash is removed by the cleaning crew and not tossed by SW Employees. So, that could easily happen.
As to putting their job at risk. Yea, that would be stupid. But people do stupid things all the time. This one would not be that hard. After all, they often just stick those coupons in their pocket, and... If someone else was selling them for them, then a nice little sideline business with reduced risk of getting caught.