Hey CPRich, I admit my lack of saintly thoughts on wanting to keep them (either for my enrichment or Robin Hood antics). And to be honest one of the prime thoughts that eventually they might be caught in an audit prompted me to my decision. But it will be fun to see their response to somebody trying to give back some miles.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by CPRich:
My variation on Ockham's razor - the simplest answer is probably correct.
So you can go with a half page explanation about how airlines make mistakes, one hand washes the other, about how it's not really money but a perishable commodity, how they don't have any real objective value, about how airlines change rules on us so it is justified, etc.
OR
You can say - "I got something that doesn't belong to me, I should give it back"
If you choose the first, just admit you don't have saint-like ethics and spare us the convoluted justification. </font>