Update 4/23/20: It looks like this situation is more complex than first thought. An important clarification is that no changes to receipts were being made for example. Dans Deals has more on this you can read here.
Original post: According to American Airlines insider @xJonNYC American Airlines has shut down some frequent flyer accounts for submitting bogus car rental receipts. The reason that people were submitting these bogus receipts is that American Airline miles expire after 18 months of no activity, but if you rented a car within that period that wasn’t credited properly it’s possible to get those miles reinstated by providing a receipt. Obviously some people were making changes to their receipts to get their miles reactivated and now American Airlines is shutting down accounts because of it.
This sounds like much more legitimate shut downs than the previous credit card abuse shut downs, but it still strikes me as strange timing on American Airlines behalf. Although given that baggage fees on transatlantic flights were increased yesterday it’s not that surprising.
