Alaska confirms: 'travel hackers' killed their Emirates Offerings
#196
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 5,438
Not to mention this is nowhere near the most egregious T&C out there...
#197
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: DCA/IAD/WAS
Programs: MAR AMB, WOH Explorist, AA EXP, UA 2P
Posts: 2,133
So what's the point? The terms and conditions (that everyone agrees to when they wish to join the program) allow it. Either way, as long as everyone who purchased miles at a specified price received those miles at the specified price, there was no "bait" and no "switch." AS did not promise any specific redemption in their sale of miles.
#198
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: ORF
Programs: Amex Plat, AA, BA Silver, Marriott Plat, Choice Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Diamond
Posts: 3,745
Now, whether such devaluations are good business practice is a different story.