Originally Posted by
oenophilist
No, it pre-existed the combining of systems. Not necessarily the merger.
And for the record, I was able to access my U.S. Airways account earlier this year.
I had never heard of lifetime miles expiring. It is outrageous.
My father had a similar experience. He had 500,000+ miles at US (pre HP merger). Needless to say none of the lifetime miles moved over to AA, which would have put him very close to the 5MM lifetime number.
How lifetime miles expire is beyond me.