Originally Posted by ctownflyer

1. I was angry at the completely irresponsible reporting on several major blogs that people doctored receipts in order to get miles. Perhaps that got the better of me, but I was shocked to read such poor research, claims, and assumptions about the issue.
2. I find it absurd that AA gives a warning for selling miles, which actually costs them revenue, while this was an immediate shutdown when it didn't cost AA anything.

Plenty of FTers have talked about making hotel transfers to non-matching accounts for decades. What if an airline went back and terminated everyone who ever did that? Would people not be up in arms? Would it really be worth it for the airline to do that without a warning or would that just be auditors looking to justify their existence?