Interesting article...but another twist. If you are part of the Marriott Bonvoy Facebook pages-either the one run by members or the Insiders one run by Marriott, a member of both Billy Schwarze is very active. He's the subject of the article.
summary: William Joseph “Billy” Schwarze, 27, pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to one felony count of wire fraud. The plea will recommend probation and he’ll be order to repay AA about $180,000 for his scam, which involved using credit cards to purchase nonrefundable gift cards he’d spend on air fares, cancel the tickets and have his credit cards refunded by exploiting a glitch in American’s computer systems (now patched to preclude similar issues).
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...55afb20eb.html