Originally Posted by
ID90_J
No personal experience, but I think your chances of EY reinstating them is close to zero.
I was in a similar position to you, but caught it a couple of days before they expired; I ended up pumping 100k+ miles into Amazon vouchers at a terrible rate. Still, better than nothing!
I did the same with Amazon. I had a good run for a while but was never able to use the last 70K or so.