No need to fan me. I am rightfully humiliated and have learned my lesson. The bottom line is that I sold miles on eBay. I saw others doing it and thought, "What's the harm?" So, I put up a white envelope for sale and sold a ticket. Almost immediately after the sale was completed, I was locked-out of being able to access my miles account. I contacted Customer Service and was told there was a security lock on my account. (I had a pretty good idea of why.)When I finally got through to someone in security, I was told the buyer had been contacted and was being informed the ticket was no good. Very humbly, I told the security rep that I would be refunding the buyer's money and asked about what would happen to my account. I was told that once I had proven to the airline that the money had been refunded, I would be allowed access and continued membership. However, the miles would not be returned to my account and an additional 15,000 miles would be taken out as a penalty. She was nice enough to compliment me on owning up to my wrongdoing immediately rather than denying it or arguing about having sold an envelope. Anyway, let this be a word of caution: don't buy or sell miles, at least not an eBay. As for buying or selling miles other places, let your conscience be your guide. As for me, I won't be doing it. As I've thought for more than a second about the question, "What's the harm?," I can now say plenty. It hurts airline employees and other frequent fliers.