Originally Posted by
cepheid
If the miles come from a 1K account, then yes: there is no fee for mileage redeposit.
In all other cases, there is a fee. I did get special treatment once when I cancelled miles on medical grounds. They changed me the fee (lowly 1P here) but gave me a voucher of the same value for use against a future flight. I thought that was good enough. YMMV.