Originally Posted by radonc1

If one does a quick and dirty count of the amount of money AA lost on free tickets alone, it is easily within tens of thousands of dollars (if not more). If some (or all) of the flights were in J or F, the sums are even more revealing.

It does not surprise me that AA (once they figured it out) wanted to axe as many of the players as possible. With the losses that they incurred, I imagine that they will be more than willing to contest any legal questions that may arise from this.

One quick question I had from the post. Is the member actually banned from the AA program, or do they just have to start from ground zero with a new accounnt?