<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by AAlton:
Of course, the airline award miles on an unused refundable ticket because they would still have to pay you back.</font>
No,they do not.
The airline only awards miles for tickets if you actually fly the ticket. Otherwise everybody would be snapping up cheap web specials and good deals and earning miles from the comfort of their favourite armchair as opposed to riding in a cramped airline seat for many hours...