Originally Posted by
azepine00
Nowhere in T&C i can find that running into negative balance (especially such small amount) is considered fraud.
If returning items is fraud - lock me up - i returned several hundred $ worth of stuff to ikea and costco just today...
Perhaps there is more to that story but witch hunt in this thread is amusing...
The blog post has the person who wrote in admit they returned items that put the account in a negative balance months before the award flights were flown, and never corrected this (or apparently checked the account).
The airline apparently judged it as fraud. It does not appear to be an open and shut case in small claims court, but perhaps you are more expert on these matters than I am.
https://www.investopedia.com/bust-ou...nition-4684002
You could probably do the same sort of fraud on a frequent flyer account if you were sophisticated enough. This is probably the type of fraud the airline is looking for.