Originally Posted by
ontheway
Many years ago, a dear elderly friend of mine, wrote a letter stating that if anything should happen to her I would inherit any points or miles she had. It was signed by two other people as witnesses. She just passed. There are 300,000 miles on Delta and some in BA. Will the airline accept that and let me use the miles?
No.
You are literally trying to execute a will of a deceased. Assuming Delta allows it in its discretion, you still need to get that will processed.
Originally Posted by
dcadwell
FWIW - the terms only mention a "mostly no", but not an "absolutely no" situation. The terms do leave out "in Delta's discretion".
So if a person asks nicely, Delta may oblige. Bottom line - difficult, but possible.