Originally Posted by macfadsj

Definitely sounds like something else must be going on here.
Is it possible that AS has closed your account not for this transaction,
but for something that occurred on a previous transaction whereby
they allowed your account to remain open, but imposed a condition only
allowed you to ticket yourself? Have you ever sold an award based
ticket, or is it possible that the person you planned to ticket has
purchased an award in the past and may have been caught and then
has their name flagged?