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How to Pass Your Airline Points Down to Your Heirs

2025/6/9
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Julia Carpenter: 许多美国人积累了大量的航空里程积分,但去世后这些积分通常无法传承,这让人觉得是种浪费。因此,需要策略性地处理这些积分,确保它们不会在你去世后消失。航空公司可能会收取高额费用才能将里程积分转给他人,或者直接收回这些积分。分享账户登录信息也是一个简单有效的方法。 Jacob Passy: 人们常问如何处理积累的大量里程积分,很多人通过信用卡积累了大量积分,但没有充分利用。航空公司将里程积分视为一种福利,而不是具有明确价值的东西,定价是动态的,不再有固定的兑换标准。如何处理这些里程积分取决于航空公司的决定。一些航空公司允许合并里程积分,通过里程积分池,多人可以共享和使用积分。你也可以将里程积分捐赠给慈善机构或为他人预订旅行。随着常旅客计划的成熟,越来越多的人积累了大量的里程积分,婴儿潮一代在退休时积累了大量的里程积分,里程积分和忠诚度计划是财富转移中被忽视的一部分。需要策略性地处理里程积分,以确保它们不会在你去世后消失。

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People can build up hundreds of thousands of travel rewards points over the years — but most of the time, they can’t include those points in their estate plans). Host Julia Carpenter talks with WSJ reporter Jacob Passy about how to rethink your points strategy and hand the rewards down to your heirs. 

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