Originally Posted by
MasterGeek
Airline was paid for the miles credited to member accounts. But it implemented restrictions that promote "breakage" of miles (non-usage and expiration of miles) to get away from fulfilling its part of the deal to pad its profits.
The terms and conditions of Mileage Plan and every other frequent flyer program prohibit members from selling miles. I personally am glad they do. They are enforcing those rules, but in this case (apparently) erroneously; that is the problem.
Without rehashing the entire thread, the OP did not do themselves favors in a few ways, but it does appear that AS has (at last) realized that they were in error.