One way to earn 6000 frequent flier miles

A couple months ago I had a real financial shock. I got a notice in the mail from my Citi AAdvantage credit card stating that there was suspicious activity on my card. I've gotten those notices before, and I didn't think much of it. I had just taken a road trip to Seattle and used the card for gas purchases along the way - just the kind of thing that the security algorithms at Citi might find suspicious.

You can imagine my horror, then, when I logged onto the website and saw $6000 plus charges made in Jerusalem of all places. I immediately called the card hotline and reported the fraud. They cancelled my card (sent me a new one of course - right away), and sent me a security affidavit to fill out. I swore in the presence of a notary public that I did not authorize the charges and returned the document. They cancelled all the charges on my next statement and reimbursed me for the foreign exchange, over the limit and interest charges. I came out of the deal owing nothing. And as an added bonus, wouldn't you know, they never uncredited the 6000 frequent flier miles that posted to my AAdvantage account - miles that put me at a total of 62,000, which is enough for a free trip to Europe.