Originally Posted by
1worldFlyer
If someone books flights for themselves on a hacked (compromised) account, doesn't that expose their identity and make them subject to prosecution?
Even if not booking for themselves, the beneficiary would have to at least know the culprit, I mean hackers don't just book flights for randos in an attempt of ill-advised charity.
Originally Posted by
sbedelman
Both Alaska and I have the names and contact information for who booked tickets using miles from my account.
You have the names of the people who were supposed to be traveling, but they probably bought the ticket from some rogue travel agent who buys hacked mileage accounts en bulk on the dark web.
I suspect AS has little interest or even ability to pursue the ticket buyers. If airlines and perhaps federal authorities teamed up and went after the “travel agents”, maybe they could make a dent into this black market, but it presumably would also require collaboration from some far away country…. And I doubt airlines are particularly keen on press coverage of their customer accounts getting fraudulently accessed.