No more inheriting miles!
 

In 1997 my father passed away & I got his 5K NW miles transferred to my acct. by sending in a copy of his death cert. Now in March 2003 my mother has passed away, & WPSC says they quit doing that on 1-1-03. Mom has only 1515 miles in her acct., but as Administrator I'd like to gve 'em to my cousin who needs 1578 for an award ticket.
Oh, well http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/redface.gif!

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What?????? I can't believe that if you have it specified in your will that you want your mileage in a specific account to go to someone upon your death, an airline won't honor it.

This is a really important change in policy, something most everyone on this board should consider. It could result in a lot of wasted miles.

What is to stop someone from giving their WorldPerks account number and pin to a relative (Before they pass on of course)?? Obviously, this won't help with the smaller amounts of miles, but if you have a bunch, it could end up being many tickets.

win1300

Paul,
A person can put anything in their will but that doesn't mean it will be honored. NW can have whatever internal policy they want regarding miles. Sad though.

There is FF Miles insurance.

Get it, who knows, your legacy will be protected (insured) for a small premium.

Good Luck!

RC

Miles are a liabilty to an airline. I really don't see anything wrong in not allowing them to be transfered. If you are living you can not transfer small amounts of miles, except in rare occasions. I am sure it does not cost the airline alot to transfer the miles, but it is a cost cutting measure and I don't think anyone could really complain to much about an heir not getting something they were not really "entitled" to in the first place.

I believe Frequent Flyer accounts were designed to keep the person that owned them flying that airline. Of course if you have enough for a free ticket you can issue it in someone elses name. I have never seen where you could "pool" accounts to let someone fly free. CO has offered it once in a while, but there generally is a fee.

I imagine there are lots of unreedemed rewards an heir could loose at the time of death. If we want all the rewards due someone I guess we would have to be willing to assume all the liabilities also. Not a position I wish to be in.

Well, the conversation regarding who owns the frequent flier miles has been hashed out endlessly here at FT.

Just try writing a nice polite and THANKFUL letter and see what happens. Otherwise, recognize that it is just a few miles. Frankly, I would not tell the airline about the death. Just top off the account with a DC card and redeem.

Bingo! I issued an award for myself with Mom's miles, as I had been waiting for a final chunk to show up for 3 months during her lifetime. The 1515 remaining miles would be nice to transfer, but it's no biggie.
However, it would behoove any airline to clear out & close deceased accts. to get 'em off the books http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif.

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Transfer of miles upon death
 

How do I go about transfering miles from a relative who passed away? Can I do this?

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...transfer+death
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...transfer+death
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...transfer+death

truc0011, sorry for your loss! As UpgradeMe has pointed out, there are some past threads that deal with this very same topic, I'm sure those will be of some assistance to you.

Two questions and some help
 

Two questions UPGRADE ME?

Do you spend 12 hours a day searching every post on every forum just so you can say "Do a search" or add search links?
Why are you so rude and unhelpful?

If you were really trying to be helpful you would not post links that were contradictory and of no use.

The posters question was legitimate and could have been answered by a simple one line statement. On 7/12/03 the NWA agent told me you can't will them.

However my advice would be to not tell NWA the person is dead. Then you can claim the miles and all you need do is verify the address (assuming its not a rush ticket)

This is the second time in recent days I've seen UpgradeMe called rude (or something similar) for posting links to related threads, and as a neutral observer, I'll throw in my two cents.

I don't see how providing links to threads related to a topic that was asked about is rude. Sure, it would be nicer if there were some salutation at the beginning like 'You may find these links helpful', and, yes, he could have just said 'No, can't be done any more', but I fail to see how providing links to the requested information is rude. To me, rude would be something like 'Next time, search for these threads yourself, you lazy *******!'. As long as it's just the links being posted, I don't see any harm, insult, or rudeness.

Did someone call for a moderator?
 

I have to say that while UpgradeMe was rather abrupt, the message was clear and not sullied with excess (or any!) verbiage. The subject of the question has been dealt with more than once before. True, a sentence or two with a pointer to the search facility might have been a good addition to the response but that would likely have been met with a simliar "that's rude" comment (It has happened before).

I see nothing here that violates the terms of or the spirit of the FT TOS. The first response was spot on, less than 25 minutes after the initial post! I see no reason for any further discussion on rudeness here. Feel free to PM me if you feel otherwise.

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