eBay Frequent Flyer Shenanigans

eBay Frequent Flyer Shenanigans

Would you pay $1,225 through an eBay auction for 145,000 US Airways miles with the promise from the seller of further monthly mileage accrual for two years? It looks as though someone did. Twenty-two bids were placed with sara9342 from Germany coming up as the winning bidder. The seller promised an email with full US Airways Dividend Miles account information that would, “… belong in full to the winner and may be used for purposes such as totally free tickets and/or upgrades to existing tickets (to the maximum miles in the account) upon redemption. The winner may also add miles to this account, as provided by US Airways.” Payment was asked to be made within 48 hours of the auction ending and no refunds would be given.