Originally Posted by
Carolina2Cali
What is the best thing to do with someone's miles once they die? I should have asked this BEFORE she died, but alas, as long as the airlines don't know she has passed, what can we do with Mom's miles? Please spare the condolences, I have reached my max capacity for the week of tears, sorries, sweet stories and otherwise. She was a great Mom and person. For Delta, she had 17k, so I am guessing a transfer from her account might make more sense? Or using them directly within her account to book a one way domestic flight for my father somewhere?
17k in DL miles isn’t worth much. I value DL at 1 cent per mile.
DL says if you die, the miles expire. With that small amount of miles you might find a cheap one way trip, or short haul round trip. Use the miles, and don’t tell DL.