Originally Posted by
GrizShel
And so why did United Airlines themselves not figure it out?? Surely they knew at least as much about what was going on as you did. I guess they are extremely naive as well. By their doing nothing about this, it certainly gave the appearance that they did not recognize this as a problem. The steps they took a few days ago, could easily have been done long before now.
And, as has been said so much already, most people don't follow this so closely - e.g., I had no idea there were so many of these being sold until recently. Heck, I only fly United once or twice a year nowadays. I only go to ebay (and almost never for travel-related stuff) about once every few weeks.
Maybe UA doesn't troll eBay on a regular basis. The last I checked they weren't in the position to buy much of anything. I don't know why they don't monitor eBay, maybe it's not worth their time to catch a few MP members selling CR-1s or SWUs. Therefore, they weren't watching eBay when the big scam broke. Furthermore most people buying these weren't jumping in line to call UA and alert them to the situation. That's how I would explain UA's delayed reaction.
I don't see how anyone could not recognize this as obvious. If you saw an eBayer with 22 SWUs for sale, wouldn't you question the legitimacy of the SWUs, now compound that by seeing 5 eBay sellers with >15 SWUs for sale or sold. Then wouldn't you agree it becomes more than obvious. The numbers I chose in this example are more than anyone would reasonably acquire in one year (as a 1K you earn 6 for 100K EQMs and 2 more for each 50K EQMs over 100K). I know some people complain a lot, but one person that has 64 e-certs, come on, that's obvious. More than 5 people with > 50 e-certs, ridiculously obvious. I guess you have to open your eyes to see it, but like I said, there is no way you can go to eBay and see even one seller with > 50 of these things for sale and not ask why? or How?
Bubba