<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by duxfan:
Passport numbers? Are you saying that the airlines are dumping data into our profiles without our knowledge? I really highly doubt that is happening at all.
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I know Continental gives you the option of entering your passport No. when you register to buy tickets at their website.
As for the original topic, there's no way that the suggested dodge is 100 percent legit. Someone is getting elite perks they aren't entitled to.
At the same time, I'm not sure of how serious an offense it is. I booked a flight for my father once (different middle initials only). I had given my FF No. in advance, but I specifically told the phone agent that, despite the similar names, this was my dad, and there was NO REASON that the FF No. should have been applied to the reservation. Of course, I got 500 miles, called the airline to inform them, and they said "don't worry about it."
Also, it was a cheap round-trip ticket, bought with the intention of throwing it away, which was the only rule we were trying to defeat in the first place!