shareAAmiles - Transfer / share AA miles for fee (consolidated)
Apr 5, 2009, 5:42 pm
#16
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Won't they also do it as part of a divorce decree?
Either way, not much help for our OP...
For a balance that isn't huge, one could imagine a scheme whereby the AA miles xfer to Diners Club, then (during BA promotion season), to BA, which allows household accounts. The transfer would be efficient, cost wise, but the purchasing power of BA miles is typically less than that of AA miles.
Either way, not much help for our OP...
For a balance that isn't huge, one could imagine a scheme whereby the AA miles xfer to Diners Club, then (during BA promotion season), to BA, which allows household accounts. The transfer would be efficient, cost wise, but the purchasing power of BA miles is typically less than that of AA miles.
But technically, you're right. OP could marry the family member he wants to give his miles to (provided it is legal in his state), then divorce them and get the judge to direct that his miles go to his family member. Having been through one divorce, I felt I was offering him the easier option in my earlier post.
Apr 5, 2009, 6:34 pm
#17
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at least status isn't transferable and thus can't be considered community property. taking my miles would be one thing, but EXP? over my dead body! 
Apr 5, 2009, 6:57 pm
#18
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AA will do it if ordered to by a court, but that generally doesn't happen. In a division of community property, most individual items of property don't get divided, they get valued and assigned to one party or the other. The same thing happens to miles - they normally get valued and stay with the individual who owns the account.
Apr 5, 2009, 10:49 pm
#19
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Apr 6, 2009, 3:58 am
#21
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just wondering, if it matters, i have the platinum AA CC, i am thinking of downgrading to bronze to avoid the annual fee because I don't use my AA CC that much, i use the chase freedom for almost all purchases because it gives the best value cashback
besides the 1-1 miles/dollar for platinum CC, is there any significant reason I should not downgrade to the bronze CC? and does downgrading affect my credit score? (i don't think so, right?)
besides the 1-1 miles/dollar for platinum CC, is there any significant reason I should not downgrade to the bronze CC? and does downgrading affect my credit score? (i don't think so, right?)
Apr 6, 2009, 5:11 am
#22
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Apr 6, 2009, 8:01 am
#23
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Cheers.
Apr 6, 2009, 8:30 am
#24
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Apr 6, 2009, 12:56 pm
#25
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Apr 6, 2009, 2:47 pm
#27
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No reason at all not to make the change. I did it several years ago with no problems. I'm fairly certain that this does not involve another credit inquiry, so no effect on credit score that way. Also, I believe it's treated as the same account, so it won't start a new account record or decrease average account age. I'd call the new account people and ask them as they're the ones likely to be most familiar with these details.
Cheers.
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Apr 6, 2009, 3:25 pm
#28
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Apr 6, 2009, 7:20 pm
#29
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That's not how it works at all, two different things are being confused here. Your lifetime counter would not go down, only the actual miles in your account would possibly be split in a divorce. For example, you could have 2MM lifetime miles but only 20,000 miles in your account. The spouse might get 10,000 miles, not 1MM, and your counter would remain at 2MM.
Apr 7, 2009, 6:14 am
#30
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