Actually had a buddy who is AA plat exec who had this happen - security pulled him off the plane. He told the security person that OK....they got him...then he had to call some person at AA and he told them he was going to give half of his money to DL and half to AA, whereas AA could have it all. Would the person on the phone please explain this to the revenue people because he spends about $50k per year with AA. They put him back on the plane and he has not heard from them since - he still does it....BTW be careful about giving too much detail on the board...you know who reads/monitors this stuff. -----Original Message----- From: The Airline List [mailto:AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU]On Behalf Of Chris Myers Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:50 AM To: AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Re: United moves to stem back-to-back ticketing The day American or United start really policing travelers on this they might as well fole bankruptcy. The highest mileage customers use this all the time if they are incentivised to. The only people that pay full fare anymore are people that do not care what it cost and that audience is quickly shrinking. Has anyone on this list ever seen a passenger denied boarding for a back to back ticket? Chris Jon Wright wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Travel Pages wrote: > > > Actually, mileage loyalty plans make that happen less often than you'd imagine. People are, in fact, mostly half-brained, or believe the carriers to be so. > > Sure, people want their miles. Still, fliers who commute regularly > (the folks most likely to benefit from B-2-B tickets) typically fly > enough to maintain high status in more than one FF program. > > > How to sniff those out? Share/merge data with the competition. > > Still, it seems like it would be pretty easy to spoof. I could use > my UA credit card to buy UA tickets and my AAdvantage VISA for > travel on American. > > I could use different variations of my name for the different > airlines. And I could use a work address for one airline and > home for another. > > I just don't see how they could ever clamp down on multi-carrier > B-2-Bs. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jon Wright jwright@halcyon.com voice 425-635-0338 > fax 425-844-1403 > You've got a hard lip, Herbert. http://www.spudboy.com/~jwright -- Sincerely, Chris Myers 281-584-0029 x217 800-639-0450 x217 This message may contain information that is CLIENT PRIVILEGED, or otherwise PRIVILEGED or CONFIDENTIAL. If you have received this communication in error, please erase all copies of this message and its attachments and notify us immediately. Thank you.