Earn miles through someone with the same name
Jan 29, 2013 | 4:11 am
#17
Join Date: May 2009
Location: South Park, CO
Programs: Tegridy Elite
Posts: 5,677
Most of the IT systems won't detect birth date mismatch. My guess is flight operations and checkin is fairly detached from FF programs (marketing). Infact, I'm not quite sure it means anything. I noticed the other day mine has said Jan 1st, 1900 or something similar in my profile for likely years.
Reports of being busted generally occur when a flight operations occurs that is impossible or extremely unlikely -- IE: two people flying at once. It is more behavioral analysis than anything. Two people, especially living in the same city and never flying at once will probably go unnoticed.
I don't recommend it though.
Reports of being busted generally occur when a flight operations occurs that is impossible or extremely unlikely -- IE: two people flying at once. It is more behavioral analysis than anything. Two people, especially living in the same city and never flying at once will probably go unnoticed.
I don't recommend it though.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...formation.html
Jan 29, 2013 | 5:55 am
#18
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Land of the parrots and parrotheads
Programs: Several dozen
Posts: 4,820
But back to the Smith's at the beginning of this thread. If one was to begin naming each of their kiddos "Agent Smith," would they be able to dominate the matrix of the the miles game?
Actually, UA (also DL, potentially more to follow) are now forcing the FFP profile name to match your Secure Flight info. So situations like the OP's, with different middle names, will be harder to continue successfully
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...formation.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...formation.html
Last edited by AlohaDaveKennedy; Jan 30, 2013 at 4:05 pm
Jan 29, 2013 | 6:41 pm
#19
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: eastern Europe & NC
Posts: 4,528
And then there are the princes of Reuss in Germany. Since the Middle Ages, all male children of the princely house have been named Heinrich.
Jan 30, 2013 | 3:24 pm
#21
Used to be garyjr316
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: LAX or SBA
Programs: AAdvantage, MileagePlus, Gold Passport, Hilton HHonors, Marriott
Posts: 800
I am a "Jr" and have had both positive experiences with it and negative... When I was traveling with my dad in NZ we had a major issue trying to leave because my ticket said "Jr" but my passport did not. It was the same as my dads... after about 4 hours we got it all sorted out but it was NOT fun...
Positive aspect though... when my dad was traveling in Europe he was able to use my Hilton HHonors number to get free internet and breakfast. While it wasn't an amazing perk it was better than nothing... plus I got the points for the stay
Positive aspect though... when my dad was traveling in Europe he was able to use my Hilton HHonors number to get free internet and breakfast. While it wasn't an amazing perk it was better than nothing... plus I got the points for the stay