How honest is this?
 

Say you signed up for an affiliate program, promoted them briefly and stopped.

Later, you're looking for an affiliate program and a rep from that same company contacts you; you decide to promote them again. You inform him that you already have an account with them but he encourages you to sign up for a new one under his referral code rather than helping you find your existing account.

... I think I've answered my own question; He's earned the referral since he's responsible for the fact that I'm promoting his program again. What do you think?