splitting mileage in a divorce
Sep 17, 2007, 12:03 pm
#16
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Since your divorce is amicable, have you asked her what she thinks? Does she want the miles?
Sep 17, 2007, 12:13 pm
#17
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When I got divorced back in the 1993-94 time frame, my ex wife wanted both my AA miles and the dog. At the time I had 300K AA and she had about 500K UA. Note I did not ask for any of her miles.
I thought about it, and decided that the dog was more important to me than the miles. Since I was going to be alone, and my ex had her family (plus her mom had a dog), I decided to fight for the dog.
In the end, I gave her 100K AA miles, and I got the dog. It turned out to be the best deal ever, because the dog lived to be 17 and only left us this past March, and when I remarried, my stepdaughter and dog bonded immediately. The dog had a great life, and enhanced ours in more ways than I could ever say. We miss her to this day and have not as yet replaced her.
So all I would say is think about what's really important, if applicable in your case, and if as you say this is amicable, do what you feel is right and see if you can agree on it.
Remember you can always replace miles....
I thought about it, and decided that the dog was more important to me than the miles. Since I was going to be alone, and my ex had her family (plus her mom had a dog), I decided to fight for the dog.
In the end, I gave her 100K AA miles, and I got the dog. It turned out to be the best deal ever, because the dog lived to be 17 and only left us this past March, and when I remarried, my stepdaughter and dog bonded immediately. The dog had a great life, and enhanced ours in more ways than I could ever say. We miss her to this day and have not as yet replaced her.
So all I would say is think about what's really important, if applicable in your case, and if as you say this is amicable, do what you feel is right and see if you can agree on it.
Remember you can always replace miles....
Sep 17, 2007, 3:31 pm
#18
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Sep 17, 2007, 5:05 pm
#19
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Just out of curiosity, can the OP indicate what is leading him to believe that the FF miles are "property" subject to distribution via divorce in the first place?
Sep 17, 2007, 5:57 pm
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Sep 17, 2007, 7:15 pm
#21
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see what I mean?
never a dull moment with chasb.
never a dull moment with chasb.
Sep 18, 2007, 3:39 am
#22
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Been there, done that. As a man you don 't stand a chance when it comes to getting child custody, but FF miles? Now we're getting serious.
Gently mention to your wife that she should probably leave the FF thing alone because if for some reason this thing goes to court you'd hate for the judge to think she was a greedy b****.
Not to imply anything about her, just a good angle.
Worked for me.