Originally Posted by
Winkdaddy
I have seen this term used from time to time on the Delta forums but am not sure what it means precisely and its not in the FAQ glossary. So whats the definition exactly?
Orphaned miles are a few thousand miles in an account that are not enough to use for anything and cannot be transferred to your primary account. So if you were to have 7000 miles in an old UA account and are not flying UA anymore those would be orphaned miles.