Originally Posted by crhptic
Wow, I can't imagine the airlines would respond positively to a court decision which says "200,000 of Mr. So-and-so's miles now belong to Ms. Ex-So-and-so, so transfer them from his account to hers". Have they really done that?
Courts can make even airlines do things they would rather not do. But rather than order an FFP to transfer miles from the account of one person to another, a divorce court would usually "monetize" those miles, that is impute a value to them, and throw that amount into the balance when dividing up marital property.