STEAL the miles from this person's account and use them to book a free ticket for someone who is currently stuck in Asia and desperatly needs to get out of there! You could easily find out who these people may be by simply calling the State Dept and asking them to give you a name of someone who needs a ticket. When you tell them you have the means to fly them out for free, they may let you do it! If not, just ask friends. Someone is bound to know someone!

Now, I ask you all:

Is THAT something that could override the ethics here?

Why, even the owner of said miles would have to agree it went to a far better cause! Later, you could pay them back something if they ever come after you, but for now, you could get some satisfaction and also prevent them from expiring while helping someone else out who is very much in need, but not yourself!

MM