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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #60 on: December 21, 2019, 07:46:41 PM »
Can someone explain to the uninitiated what's going on? I have a trip coming up that would be very much messed up if AA canceled our tickets

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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #61 on: December 21, 2019, 07:48:43 PM »
Not a chance. All but guaranteed we'll hear from people who are stranded.
That one corporation I would have no guilty conscience sticking it to them should the opportunity arises. Hitting customers who used multpile legitimate signup bonuses along with the rest? Come on...

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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #62 on: December 21, 2019, 07:48:57 PM »
Can someone explain to the uninitiated what's going on? I have a trip coming up that would be very much messed up if AA canceled our tickets
Did you get multiple sign up bonuses? If not then you should be okay.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #63 on: December 21, 2019, 07:49:11 PM »
They care to teach a lesson. And that is all.
They might get schooled in the end. AFAIK the mailers did not say they were not transferable.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #64 on: December 21, 2019, 07:56:20 PM »
They might get schooled in the end. AFAIK the mailers did not say they were not transferable.
Some did at one point but Citi discontinued those. This whole thing reeks of a class action IMO but IANAL so what do I know.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #65 on: December 21, 2019, 07:58:17 PM »
They might get schooled in the end. AFAIK the mailers did not say they were not transferable.
Yeah but the general T&C specify "abuse" which is vague and encompassing and allows them to shut down the account. So they get the bonus and then they get their account shut down for abuse.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #66 on: December 21, 2019, 08:00:31 PM »
AA particularly relishes cancelling in middle of a trip, just to teach people not to mess with the house.
Yep, although AA got greedy here and overstepped their boundaries IMO. We'll see how this ends.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #67 on: December 21, 2019, 08:00:53 PM »
Yeah but the general T&C specify "abuse" which is vague and encompassing and allows them to shut down the account. So they get the bonus and then they get their account shut down for abuse.
T&C can say what ever they want. That does not mean it is legal. No court is going uphold they can shutdown for ANY reason.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #68 on: December 21, 2019, 08:03:10 PM »
Some did at one point but Citi discontinued those. This whole thing reeks of a class action IMO but IANAL so what do I know.
Very hard to sue an airline.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #69 on: December 21, 2019, 08:03:39 PM »
T&C can say what ever they want. That does not mean it is legal. No court is going uphold they can shutdown for ANY reason.
Courts often punt on airline cases as they're shielded by the deregulation act. That's what has allowed airlines to do as they please.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #70 on: December 21, 2019, 08:05:38 PM »
Very hard to sue an airline.
Maybe, I guess we'll see.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #71 on: December 21, 2019, 08:06:23 PM »
Courts often punt on airline cases as they're shielded by the deregulation act. That's what has allowed airlines to do as they please.
True but they are never going to agree with the T&C's that state "ANY". FI's have been getting slaughtered lately. Why do you think they are now giving reasons for closing accounts?
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #72 on: December 21, 2019, 08:08:12 PM »
True but they are never going to agree with the T&C's that state "ANY". FI's have been getting slaughtered lately. Why do you think they are now giving reasons for closing accounts?
FIs are governed by consumer credit laws and therefore no comparison.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #73 on: December 21, 2019, 08:11:28 PM »
FIs are governed by consumer credit laws and therefore no comparison.
They used the term "ANY" also. It never will hold up. So totally a fair comparison.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #74 on: December 21, 2019, 08:17:49 PM »
They used the term "ANY" also. It never will hold up. So totally a fair comparison.
They shot themselves in the foot when they also closed people who didn't use a single mailer, we'll see if that ends up coming back to bite them or not, I sure damn hope it does.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #75 on: December 21, 2019, 09:51:58 PM »
Hi,

I had 4 AA miles accounts Me/Wife/Father/Mother and back in 2015. I had been offered bonus points for spending 10k (I think) 2 of those cards I did the spending through booking hotels and cancelling. I sold the miles and AA closed my account, when the passenger was in the airport for the return flight. I tried fighting with them by email back then, as a result they closed down all 4 accounts and I lost all my miles. I opened new accounts (different AA #) did legit spending and it added on some miles. Do I have to be scared to sell them, do you think AA will look back 4 years ago?

Thanks

   

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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #76 on: December 21, 2019, 10:30:07 PM »
Hi,

I had 4 AA miles accounts Me/Wife/Father/Mother and back in 2015. I had been offered bonus points for spending 10k (I think) 2 of those cards I did the spending through booking hotels and cancelling. I sold the miles and AA closed my account, when the passenger was in the airport for the return flight. I tried fighting with them by email back then, as a result they closed down all 4 accounts and I lost all my miles. I opened new accounts (different AA #) did legit spending and it added on some miles. Do I have to be scared to sell them, do you think AA will look back 4 years ago?

Thanks
Lol, they'll probably wait and play the same airport game with you again.
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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #77 on: December 22, 2019, 05:45:53 AM »
Is there a definitive way to check if your account is comprised?

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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #78 on: December 22, 2019, 10:08:47 AM »
Is there a definitive way to check if your account is comprised?
useaamiles.com try booking a hotel in Ho Chi Minh for 1k miles

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Re: AA Closed My Account!
« Reply #79 on: April 22, 2020, 04:07:06 PM »
FYI AA is shutting accounts who reinstated expired miles with a car rental receipt that the name didn't match on.