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Old Mar 25, 2026 | 7:06 am
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Originally Posted by Herb687
File suit against AA in small claims court seeking 115,000 miles * current AA sell rate on miles in damages. AA will try to get it removed to federal court but at least they will have to go to the effort of responding.
Isn't that like $1,700 or so at redemption value? Seems like the initial summons would be enough to get this resolved without ever actually filing/doing anything.

Originally Posted by AJNEDC
So AA's system was allegedly hacked but only 1 person's account was compromised? Do you have any idea how improbable that is?
The OP either made the redemption himself or did something to compromise his account. This is a very fishy tale and we have not been told the whole story. Someone would have to be able to correctly guess his Advantage account number plus his password. Highly unlikely. The OP did something to compromise his account and is now blaming the airline.
The far more likely scenario is that a huge number of account credentials were compromised and the OP is the lucky guy/gal (a) whose account details were actually used, and (b) is active on FT.
Originally Posted by AJNEDC
I do not believe for a moment AA's systems were hacked...
That actually made me laugh. Corporate systems are hacked all the time. Being impacted, though, is a numbers game and statistics are on the consumer's side.

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