Originally Posted by infrequentflier
$400 for 40 000 miles, i was supspicious, but the offer of depositing them before payment put my mind at rest. the price includes the transfer fees as well, but the seller was unwilling to sell fewer than 40 000 miles. the way i understood it, buying and selling miles was against the rules, or maybe this is ok....
This sounds too good to be true, and undoubtedly is. It also sounds an awful lot like a recent thread where someone was taken - by someone in a Central/South American country (also willing to sell 40k miles for a song).
Proceed with caution.