And yet the DDF member who didn't get paid was all charged via refundables.
To add to this the farm refused to refund on the basis of an e-mail that was sent to the AA account holder's e-mail address, which the farm created: (Note this e-mail was received a few months later after the ticket was canceled and the AA account was massacred). And again the farm received back a cc refund of over $1,000 in taxes on the canceled AA ticket, and they refuse to even reimburse that to the broker.
"We have reason to believe that the transactions listed below violate one or more of the AAdvantage program conditions. This includes, but is not limited to, prohibition of purchase, sale, or barter of mileage credit and or award tickets. As a result, American Airlines has suspended your AAdvantage membership privileges and use of AA.com® in conjunction with your account – and may terminate your account as a result of our findings. We are in the process of completing the investigation into this matter, and I would like to hear the events as they occurred from your perspective. Please respond to this message by May 12, 2014, with complete and accurate information regarding the activities listed below."
The e-mail from the farm to the broker:
The account was flagged for selling points. I would love to reimburse for that, but I don't and so don't others. Please get your money back from whoever charged you for it based on someone's made up assumptions.
I feel terrible that you are involved in a situation where there was major loss of money. While it's obviously not your responsibility it's very uncomfortable for everyone . That's why I stopped dealing in AA months ago.
As a friend If you feel I mislead you at the time of sale . I didn't. Feel free to call me and discuss it.
PS there is a very different and clear email when an account is closed for refundable spend .
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When the farm advertised the AA account to sell, his message on the board:
I have a clean 248k with cc
in today's day and age trying your best to ensure the AA account us really clean and no shtick is also very important