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aeroplan shuting accounts
« on: October 12, 2010, 08:38:10 PM »
friends of mine told me aeroplan is closing accounts from people who transfer amex points from diferent card holders
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Re: aeroplan shuting accounts
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2010, 10:05:06 PM »
Hard to believe they would shut down accounts for that.
Now if they suspect that you are selling miles, that is a different story.
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Re: aeroplan shuting accounts
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2010, 10:09:51 PM »
Quote from: Dan on October 12, 2010, 10:05:06 PM
Hard to believe they would shut down accounts for that.
Now if they suspect that you are selling miles, that is a different story.
I cant confirm the reasons or causes but I can confirm (through the "grapevine" of course  8) ) that Aeroplan has been shutting down a lot of accounts lately.
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Re: aeroplan shuting accounts
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2010, 02:14:30 AM »
BA also
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Re: aeroplan shuting accounts
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2010, 03:53:28 AM »
I know one person that had a couple of accounts blocked, which were under different names.
Interesting to note that all his bookings were made via aeroplan.com, and none over the phone.

I believe* with bookings over the internet they store the data differently then ones done over the phone, and because of that it might be easier to run queries on online bookings with the results of above.

* I have bases for that, but eyn kaan mokoym leha'arich.
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Re: aeroplan shuting accounts
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2010, 11:19:31 AM »
Of course, because with online bookings that can see that someone logged in to 3 different accounts from the same IP address within 5 minutes, and they can do some research and figure out that the guy is a mile broker. Bottom line is the airlines are getting tougher and this whole business might be done in a few years.

LAN is tough requiring the mileage holder to send in a copy of his passport and a signed document every time you want to book for someone with a different name. I'm sure in the future airlines will require such a thing with a sworn affadavit that you are not selling/bartering/trading/anything-else-they-can-think-of the miles..
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Re: aeroplan shuting accounts
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2010, 11:35:19 AM »
Quote from: Eli on October 13, 2010, 11:19:31 AM
I'm sure in the future airlines will require such a thing with a sworn affadavit that you are not selling/bartering/trading/anything-else-they-can-think-of the miles..
Isn't the "I agree" button that you hit when opening an account, just that?
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Re: aeroplan shuting accounts
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2010, 06:54:07 PM »
Airlines know miles are being sold, but they make sure it does not get out of hand. We play the game, they do.
If an airline really wants to stop it they can.
No issuing tickets on other names
No transfer from partner programms that the names dont match
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