Thanks for the info. I know that my Aunt got miles when her brother died (he did not have a wife). It took almost a year to get them. Even though the miles were not in his will, she could still claim them. The miles were from several different airlines.

If we really need to put our miles in our wills - the airlines better inform us. If not, they should have to transfer our miles to survivors.

Many of us could fly around the world twice with our miles and it would be a shame for them to just go to waste.