To play it safe, you should also get a legal name change, burn off your finger prints, and move to a different continent. :rolleyes:

Perhaps easier to credit elsewhere and "enjoy" free domestic lounge access.

He's also been banned from UA at some points.

FL390 seems to be asking about Lucky, not about the recent poster.

Will these assets work against VPNs?

Note that it is quite an old post you are quoting. In any case, they do at minimum record the IP address for united.com bookings in the PNR remarks.

I'm not familiar with those services, but as far as I understand the only way they could 'trace' through a VPN is to have access to the VPN provider's internal network somehow. So probably no.

“If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime”

Your only option is to talk to UA and try to convince them.
This may be a good time to leave the program anyways with all the recent changes, however if you are hub captive or forced to fly UA for other reasons, it may be tough.

You are ofcourse to blame for not knowing the rule, but it is understandable. I think most FF are unaware of the no sale/barter rule, but those are probably also the type to not bother trying to sell either. Most of my 1K/GS friends are totally unaware. UA does not take much effort to educate their FF about the rule (at least not compared to other rules like carry-on baggage), but they certainly expend alot of resources to make it hard to use the upgrades and try to catch people who break the rule. UA has been known to "buy/sell" upgrades to try to catch people. Makes me wonder about all the posts in the coupon connection forum.


I do applaud you for coming out and being open and honest. Usually it takes at least 10 pages to get the real story out

That's very true! ^

If OP has information of value to the FBI, s/he could be eligible for the Federal Witness Protection Program and could apply for a new MP account using the new identity.

USPS First Class postage rates increased to $0.55 on January 27, 2019.

Yes, there's one surefire way to get back into MileagePlus. Scrounge up a few billion dollars and buy a controlling interest in United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Bingo! You're back in.

RNE, dispensing practical advice.

P.S. Oh, and please fire Oscar.

You might see some clues in THIS POST.

It doesn’t matter.

The combination of gender, date of birth, and billing address ZIP code is nearly unique. (Assume a 60 year age range for MP members, and male/female only, to be conservative: 60 * 2 * 365 = 43,800. The largest ZIP code in the country has just over 115K residents, so an average of ~2.5. The average population of a ZIP code is less than 8,000.

If UA (or any other company) wants to identify an individual with a high degree of certainty, they don’t need as much information as one might think.

[citation needed]

Airlines almost never ban passengers. Why would they unless you're a safety threat? They toss members from the mileage programs all the time.

I briefly dated a woman who was banned for life from AA. Something about too much booze and a fistfight with an FA. Luckily for her, she was based out of ORD, so she switched to UA to keep her traveling sales rep career alive.

SO true! a) why are people dishonest and dumb? b) why do they think someone should help them after they're been dishonest and dumb? If it weren't so pathetic, a post like this this would be funny. We all may use the internet for a billion things, but we're still humans and are expected to show some character.

Other than situations which are or border on criminal (whether or not resulting in a prosecution) are a bit different than petty frauds. The latter are easily dealt with by closing the FF account. Probably has most people headed off to another carrier unless they don't have any choice.

The problem with ticket fraud, whether it's through the FFP, hidden city or whatever is that most people don't look at the revenue loss to the carrier, but the carrier certainly does.