First off, thank you for not flaming me too much (so far). Or amybe I just have a thick skin.

Second, I see that today the Lincoln Zephyr miles (2500) just hit my AA account. A couple possible scenarios:

1) I test drove the Lincoln Zephyr.
2) I went to the dealership and the salesmen filled out the form and didn't make me test drive it.
3) I just signed it myself and sent the thing in without going to the dealership.

My take on the three:
1) Is completely ethical.

2) Grey area

3) Unethical, possibly fraudulent.


Maybe ethical is the wrong word. A word that seems a bit dated but seemed to have some meaning during the civil war:

1) completely "Honorable"

2) Not really Honorable but depending on the actual salesmen's attitude, understandable.

3) Unhonorable but, if you get away with it, is it really that different from 2 since you didn't drive the car in either scenario (the intention of the offer)? And maybe if you had driven the car you would have bought it....?

Look, this is a bit off topic, but maybe the invention of the corporation has changed our perspective. It seems I am willing to screw a corporation in a way that I would never screw a fellow human being. And even the people working at the corporation seem to have no problem with it--and encourage me to do so! Jeezus

Incidentally, I am horrible human being with no ethics or honor--yes, I did option 3.