<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by hfly:
I gave several examples/lines of reasoning, if you are going to criticize one, then do them all or it is not a genuine critique.</font>
ok, let me try then.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">He earned them for time he spent in a plane, if she has an FF account, she earned them when she flew.</font>
Wouldn't this logic also be applicable to the salary of a spouse then? S/he earned that money for the time s/he spent at the office -- so they belong to said spouse. Stating that one earned the miles for time spent on an airplane is pretty self-evident, I fail to see how this goes to the questions asked (are they assets for the divorce proceedings, and if so what is their value.)
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">This isn't cash, and as the airlines state quite clearly they do not have a cash value.</font>
I think wideman did handle this re: Concorde tickets.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Once again the miles have no value, therefore in most places they are not something to be apportioned.</font>
New post, same argument.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Nothing according to the airlines, however according to how they make provisions on their books, approximately $300.</font>
Unless you are divorcing British Airways (they never game me OJ when I was thirsty your honor!), I'm not sure that BA's estimate of the miles' value (or lack of) is a factor here. This again goes back to the point you made (three times now), as to the miles having no value.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A: Well, you honour, I just gave them all to the make-a-wish foundation.</font>
Please again see salary above -- if s/he donated all his savings accumulated prior to the divorce, would that be ok? (I don't know, just asking.)
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">A: (To the attorney on the other side) Of course I'll give her $25,000 worth of tickets, should I take care of informing the IRS for you??</font>
Already answered by nsx.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">This is why miles are a can of worms and why they are not reasonable "currency" in a divorce settlement.</font>
Oh yeah -- can of worms and divorce -- those one never sees together.
The fact that something is a can of worms seems like a pretty weak argument in court:
hfly, Esq. "Your honor I object! This could become a can of worms!"
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Although there would be a very convincing legal argument that the aforementioned miles would in fact be worth $4800 overall (as I stated previously).</font>
Was that before or after you stated they have no value? You argued one could take the value of coach tickets which recently went for $399. It seems then it becomes a matter of assigning a mutually agreed upon reasonable value, much as others have suggested.
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[This message has been edited by SMessier (edited 06-19-2002).]