AAirpass

The program offered pass holders free flights and unlimited access to Admirals Club locations for either five years or life.

[5] A total of 66 AAirpasses are reported to have been sold under the unlimited travel conditions, with businessmen Michael Dell, Mark Cuban, baseball player Willie Mays, and America's Cup-winner Dennis Conner among those who purchased the passes.

[11] Then American Airlines CEO Robert Crandall wrote Rothstein a letter on 13 January 1998 saying "I am delighted that you’ve enjoyed your AAirpass investment – you can count on us to keep the Company solid, and to honor the deal, far into the future.

A letter from the airline was hand-delivered to him at the airport informing him that the pass had been terminated due to fraudulent behavior, specifically his history of approaching passengers at the gate and offering them travel on his companion seat[11] and for using the companion program to purchase an adjacent empty seat under a fake name to keep them vacant, which was often used for privacy or extra carry-on luggage.

[14] Jacques E. Vroom Jr., a Dallas-based marketing executive, paid $356,000 for his unlimited AAirpass and companion pass[1] on December 28, 1989, traveling nearly 38 million miles.

[15] A letter was hand-delivered to Vroom by airline security personnel on July 30, 2008, during check-in at London Heathrow Airport informing him that his passes had been terminated for fraudulent activity.