Thank you again for your continuing thoughts.

As a previous poster mentioned, everyone got an entry into the contest simply for joining up, plus additional entries for referring others to join. I do not remember referring anyone, so that would give me one entry.

I didn't care about the contest. I thought the site was interesting enough to join without dangling any contest in front of me. And it would not have mattered who promoted the referral, I would have joined. Winning miles was simply stunning and completely unexpected.

That being said, I believe there is a difference between (1) Person A offering Person B points/flights and (2) Person B feeling entitled to at least half of Person A's points. Considering there was no agreement in place in the event either won.

The heart-to-heart was tried a long time ago and it didn't help. Humor hasn't helped either. This person also has a history of setting up multi-stop itineraries and not travelling on them, for medical or other reasons, sacrificing the points (his own) in the process.

As for that other ticket I mentioned, I guess I didn't realize that it still had a string attached years later. I thought using it to participate in a convention I wasn't 100% committed to was "stringy" enough. Grog, regarding your fees question, I don't remember who paid them at the time.