Originally Posted by
skofz
Maybe a little clearer...
You're a generous guy, it's your friend's birthday, and so you decide to use your miles to get an award ticket for your friend. No problem.
Your friend offers you $500 if you'll use your miles to get him a ticket. Not cool, and grounds for termination of your account.
Supposing the YQ and other crap adds up to $500, and your friend reimburses you that out-of-pocket expense, but you otherwise give him the ticket and hence, your hard-earned points, would that still be not cool?