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Should This Guy Get His Lifetime American Airlines Pass Back?

Umm... maybe?

In 1987, Steven Rothstein paid American Airlines nearly $250,000 to be able to fly first-class anywhere in the world for the rest of his life. Two years later, Rothstein paid American Airlines an additional $150,000 entitling him to take a companion along with him during his flights.

On Tuesday, Rothstein sued American Airlines for $7 million claiming the airliner illegally revoked his lifetime pass after the the airlines claimed he fraudulently used the flight passes, according to a lawsuit filed in Cook County Circuit Court Tuesday.

The passes were revoked in December 2008 because American Airlines claimed "Rothstein had a practice of making 'speculative reservations' for companions." The airliner deemed Rothstein was fraudulently using the passes, the suit said.

The $7 million figure comes from the adjusted cost of the original pass plus the cost of first class tickets for the rest of Rothstein's life.

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