Originally Posted by
Toshbaf
In the mid-1980's, there were not an ID checks so one could use someone else's ticket, even if their first name was typically that of a different gender than the traveling passenger. For example, John Smith could use the ticket of Jane Brown.
I used to pay people to fly in my name. Anywhere from $30-50 and I accrued a fair bit of mileage.
I remember when 100000 miles would get you not one but two First Class roundtrip awards between the US and Australia on United
Early on, if you logged 5000 miles on Alaska, you'd earn enough miles for a free confirmed space one way upgrade regardless of segments
Before people started running their mouths all over the internet, there were some fantastic routings out there. I remember buying DEN to RSW flights on AA with an AS codeshare between DEN-SEA_SFO and routing DEN-SEA-SFO-LAX-MIA-RSW.
I remember $105.00 SEA-TPA-SEA all in after 9-11.
I remember more, but that'll do for now...