FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - AA policy: One can inherit / transfer miles due to death or divorce (master thread)
Old Apr 16, 2018, 7:07 am
  #76  
mvoight
FlyerTalk Evangelist
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: DFW/DAL
Programs: AA Lifetime PLT, AS MVPG, HH Diamond, NCL Platinum Plus, MSC Diamond
Posts: 21,422
Originally Posted by IADCAflyer
But what if you and your spouse actively used each other's accounts with consent? The operative term you used is "without having authorized access."

My wife always gave me access to her account and vice versa.
As the miles belong to AA, having prior permission to use them would be moot. Of course, realistically, the odds of getting caught are slim, unless someone else is a beneficiary of the estate and reports it.
But, in the FT, the issue is what the terms are, and the terms do not allow you access to the miles in the account after the death of a spouse. You are supposed to go through the process outlined by AA by providing the affidavit
mvoight is offline