<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size="2">Originally posted by susieQ:
We had over 30,000 UA miles expire when we moved to Australia. At the time I never realised that my husband even had a UA account (no statements) otherwise I would have followed up. I'm really kicking myself now.
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Not surprising, since you could have used them for Ansett flights, if it was since UA and AN have been partners.
Still, I don't know what people are complaining about in most cases. If airlines such as LH say that their points run out after a certain time, and someone lets 110k points hit that barrier, well, who's fault is that? Like so many things, it just requires reading the conditions and reacting appropriately.