Originally Posted by
ctownflyer
1. Nothing on the car rental agreement says you can only use the renter's FFN, so what exactly was the false statement? It just asked for a mileage number.
You're focusing on the -wrong- program. You should be asking AA what their terms and conditions are. After all, you're asking for mileage credit from American Airlines, not from a rental company. I'll save you the effort:
Mileage will be credited only to the account of the AAdvantageŽ member who flies, rents a car, stays at a hotel, or earns mileage utilizing other participating companies. No mileage credit will be awarded for canceled flights and/or through being accommodated on another airline. Seems pretty cut and dry, doesn't it?
Originally Posted by
ctownflyer
2. Why doesn't AA just reject the transfer if they insist on it matching?
3. If AA didn't reject the transfer but still is unhappy, why don't they just expire the miles and issue a final warning?
Why should an airline continue to do business with a customer who goes through fraudulent means to earn miles?
Originally Posted by
ctownflyer
Sure, they can throw the baby out with the bathwater if they want, but plenty of people had no idea AA would care and will no longer earn any revenue for AA for their lifetimes. And others that see AA cracking down on churning cards and this may think twice before they credit their next activity to AA, which will also cost AA revenue.
I am sure that AA has done the math. And frankly, I find credit card churners to have earned their just desserts. They're not flying. They're using credit card sign ups to earn millions (yes, millions) of miles and taking award space from passengers who earned miles via legitimate means. For every credit card churner, I can guarantee you there are actually two or three paying customers who are fed up with AA because they can never find award space to Europe in spring in fall for less than 300,000 miles per seat. Part of that is due to churners flooding the market with miles and taking awards seats from actual customers who pay AA to transport them from A to B.
If I were AA, which customer would I rather retain: 1) a churner who earns 250,000 miles (at $0.005 a mile) yielding AA $1,250 in points sold who then immediately turns around and takes 4 first class tickets from Washington to San Francisco, or 2) a paying passenger (lets say a Platinum Pro) who earns even 250,000 miles a year through flying, credit card usage, hotel stays, and rental points yielding to AA $875 from points sold and $11,000 in ticket revenue. Seems pretty clear cut who AA would rather work with, no?