The following message is inteded for Mr. Randy Petersen only.

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Dear Mr. Petersen,

I have been reading your magzine for almost a dozen years. It is my favourite magzine.(well, next to Maxim and FHM... )

Yesterday, someone posted a thread in MileageRun section of the FlyerTalk forum. It was about a mistake by Alitalia that allowed people to book business class tickets from Toronto to Cyprus for only $42.

Those people who took advantage of Alitalia are no better than thieves.

If you see a bankarmor truck with its door accidentally left open, would you walk up and grab the money? If you do take the money, you're committing a felony. Another example, if the bank ATM spits out an extra three hundres dollars on top of the amount you punched in, do you keep the money or notify the bank?

Sure... Alitalia may decide to honour the tickets, but that doesn't change the fact that you have essentially taken advantage of their unfortunate mistake.

I don't think FlyerTalk forums were created to help people find steals like this. It is even worse when thousands of fellow members who jumped on the deal without any shame and decency. What kind of message are you sending to your children?

What surprised me even more was that the moderators of the forum has done nothing to stop this kind of activity.