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Old Feb 6, 2006 | 1:50 am
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Originally Posted by Fly AA J all the way
I was wondering if/how they do this. If they don't, what is to stop someone from getting creative with photoshop, making phony status on one carrier, and then asking their carrier of choice for a match? For example, copy the page of a UA 1P, photoshop the name and ff number, as well as that same friend's card, then send them off to CO to become CO gold. I can't believe that the airlines have not thought of this, and prevented it.
People testified to doing it on the status match thread.

YMMV but I hope you don't believe in karma if you do such editing.... why do airlines not volunteer that "hey Mr ctyyuutf is looking for a status match, what's his level?" to show that their patrons are being poached.

No reasonable airline would admit what their elite's levels are.
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