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Dec 4, 2019, 7:12 pm

#152

Steve M

Join Date: May 2000

Location: Houston, TX, USA

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Originally Posted by sethMCOflyer

Some people's pets simply signed up for their own AA account after hearing about how much their owner was flying AA, only to realize they couldn't fly so they abandoned the account. Then some of their owners happened to use the Citi offer codes that their pets had passed on. ... It doesn't seem like Fido signing up for an account and never using it constitutes fraud or misrepresentation.

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Originally Posted by wiivile

when i was (much) younger i thought people with in-cabin pets had to purchase a seat for them. if they paid for the pet’s seat, it seems reasonable to assume the pet could earn miles on the seat.

Nice try guys, but what about this in the AAdvantage Terms and Conditions:

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Only individuals are eligible for AAdvantage® program membership. Non-individuals including corporations, other entities, animals or blocked-seat baggage are not eligible to become AAdvantage® members or to accrue AAdvantage® miles.