Originally Posted by
lincolnjkc
UA is happy to take your money as long as you haven't caused a disruption in flight (e.g. assault a FA or other passenger, etc.) -- you'll certainly be aware if UA has prohibited you from flying with UA.
MP on the other hand rules say
Which implies that there is some possibility of receiving a special dispensation or pardon from MP, but it likely depends on the specifics of each case, must explicitly be requested, and is not guaranteed. In other words, probably best finding another program/airline to be loyal to.
UA could interpret the "not eligible to participate in any aspect" rule to say that the person also cannot receive gifted upgrades from some other person's MP account.
Originally Posted by
samcmontreal
He never bought or sold before. It was 1 million miles worth of flight awards booked. He used all existing miles for future flight awards. He bought 150K miles. United canceled all the tickets worth roughly 1 million MP points and closed his account. At least they refunded all the taxes. Sounds pretty harsh.
This sounds like he bought award tickets and not literally miles, although it also sounds like he was aware that these were award tickets (versus confusion about whether the broker is a discount travel agent) that were being purchased.
Sorry, no sympathy.