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Old Aug 24, 2005 | 8:58 pm
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johnep1
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Originally Posted by oklAAhoma
That's OK but thanks for the offer to reconsider.

You seem intent on using a very narrow definition of illegal and that is certainly your perogative. However, IMHO, you are missing the bigger picture. The OP asked if selling miles was illegal or against any policies. Even if I concede your defintion of illegal (which I don't ) and answer "no" to the first part, the answer to the second part is still clearly "yes, buying and selling miles is against airline policy." As a wise FTer once said: YMMV
I don't think I ever said that selling miles was not against airline policy. I certainly would not have made the recommendations that I gave a few posts up had I thought this.

I also never asked that you reconsider anything (and I certainly wouldn't make you any type of offer). I simply said that I don't hold any stock in the definition that you pulled up on dictionary.com and that I would reconsider if you could produce the definition from either the OED or Black's. You can spare yourself the trouble though, as the definition in Black's is the same as definition #1 on dictionary.com.

So, to review for those scoring at home, the OP asked "Is it illegal or against any policies?" You then brought up the legality issue by quoting FT's TOS. You said "It's also against FT policy. Posts that condone illegal activity (i.e., buying and selling of awards, direct fraud upon any program) will be removed without notice and accounts subject to deletion! We're not the law, but we know where they are." To which I replied "And selling miles is certainly not illegal."

So, I stand by my statement that selling miles is certainly not illegal. If the OP is considering selling miles to a broker, the worst that will happen to him is that the airline cancels his account. If the OP is considering selling the miles to a family member or a friend, then there is nothing to worry about.

I will leave it at that as it appears the person that I am debating with is "good people" from TX/OK. Were they from MA/CA I'd keep at this for days. And I believe that we are in agreement that selling miles is not illegal but is against airlines rules. Over and out.

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