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Old Sep 17, 2007 | 10:02 am
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Originally Posted by shiner
I think you could argue that the purser would be committing a crime by accepting personal payment for something that the airline sells. If that isn't theft or embezzlement...
I'm sure some people working out of Heathrow back in the 80s for a prominant British airline were running this scam and got prosecuted (and presumably fired).

This sort of thing seems to work well for Vegas hotel rooms by all accounts on the Vegas forum.
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