Originally Posted by
gammacentauri
no different than a stolen credit card. A dollar charge at a gas station then a big purchase at Best Buy will get a card locked in my experience. Never happened to me with respect to points but I’ve had big delays on Hilton and aeroplan
Right, I have heard that big delays on point transfers can come up from difficulties connecting a credit card account to a frequent flier account. For the upgrade, I will be looking at transferring in the neighborhood of 180,000 points, so moving it ahead of time just-in-case is far too risky for my preferences.