If you're anything like me, you've probably spent years collecting airline miles, dreaming about the trip you'll eventually take.Maybe it's a business class seat to Europe or that vacation you've been putting off.
You keep earning points and watching the balance grow.But what happens when you finally check your account and discover someone else has already spent them?That's exactly what happened to Katy Nastro, a travel expert with Flighty, a flight-tracking app that provides real-time updates on delays, cancellations and gate changes.
During our conversation on The CyberGuy Report podcast, Katy shared how more than 50,000 American Airlines miles vanished from her account.Someone had redeemed them for a flight without her permission.What surprised me was that Katy knows the travel industry inside and out.
Yet she still found herself dealing with a problem that could happen to anyone with a frequent flyer account.Her experience offers a warning, especially as holiday travel approaches.9 WARNING SIGNS OF IDENTITY THEFT YOU SHOULD NEVER IGNOREJoin our upcoming CyberGuy LIVE class: 5 Ways to Travel Smarter and Save MoneyIn this free live online class, Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson will share five practical ways to protect your trip and your wallet this holiday travel season.
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Register free now at CyberGuyLive.com.Travel expert Katy Nastro discovered that someone had redeemed 50,000 American Airlines miles from her account without permission.(Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Katy had just landed in New York and was riding home in an Uber.
Like many frequent travelers, she opened her American Airlines app to check how many miles she'd earned from her latest trip.Instead, she noticed ...