BA Silver status for sale on eBay?
Feb 19, 2018, 7:04 am
#47
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,752
Interestingly, I started a thread on here a few weeks back which alluded to easier ways to attain Silver (using AAdvantage v BAEC for instance) and I received a PM from a member of this forum offering me their Silver membership and asking for an offer of Avios or hotel points. I ignored it and I am wondering if this is the same person.
Feb 19, 2018, 7:21 am
#50
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Brexile in ADB
Programs: BA, TK, HHonours, Le Club, Best Western Rewards
Posts: 7,067
if you knew what went on in the real world, you guys would be shocked. I spent half an hour with the UKs most successful mileage broker recently. The sums fetched for Gold and Silver referrals in the real world are astronomic - more than a small car for a Gold. London is not short of HNWs.
How do the brokers get around the T&Cs of the airlines or is it a matter of them getting the approval from the airline?
Feb 19, 2018, 7:41 am
#51
Join Date: Oct 2016
Programs: BA/M&M/HHonors
Posts: 35
Wow, this is pretty unbelievable.
With some of those items, I'm more like... why would someone buy it? More than necessarily why would someone sell it. Like - someone else's gold status card??
But what do I know, I clearly don't have the business acumen that this person does 
I think my "favourite" is the beach bag lifted from Burj al Arab
With some of those items, I'm more like... why would someone buy it? More than necessarily why would someone sell it. Like - someone else's gold status card??
But what do I know, I clearly don't have the business acumen that this person does I think my "favourite" is the beach bag lifted from Burj al Arab
Feb 19, 2018, 8:26 am
#54
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: MSN
Programs: AA, BAEC Gold
Posts: 3,926
They just ignore them. I think that they require the login credentials of the source and just do a normal award booking. If you have a few spare days on your hands you could read one of the "<airline> took all my miles and closed my account" threads on forums such as the AA one
Feb 19, 2018, 9:06 am
#56
Moderator: Qatar Airways
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: LHR/NCE/MIA
Programs: BAEC GfL & GGL, SQ Gold, Amex Centurion, Mucci des Chevaliers des Bons Mots et Qui Savent Moucher
Posts: 8,947
Feb 19, 2018, 9:27 am
#57
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Edi
Posts: 2,203
Feb 19, 2018, 9:37 am
#58
Join Date: Sep 2015
Programs: LH SEN; BA Gold
Posts: 8,405
In the early days of the iPhone (when it was only available in 5 or 6 countries worldwide) plenty of empty boxes advertises as 'iPhone 16G original packaging' traded hands. Generally there was a warning in the fine print warning that the bid was on an empty box. Sometimes the seller put it in the description in white font (thus invisible unless you ctrl+A the text).
