Can you pass on your FRONTIER Miles when you die?
FRONTIER Miles can pass to a family member after a death. While alive, the account holder can use family pooling and gift purchases.
Protecting FRONTIER Miles while the account is active
No beneficiary designation, lifetime transfer options for miles, and 5-step plan.
How to protect your FRONTIER Miles while you are alive →Someone died. Handling FRONTIER Miles after a death
Miles can be transferred to family members, 5-step process, and 4 required documents.
What happens to FRONTIER Miles when someone dies →FRONTIER Miles is the loyalty program of Frontier Airlines, an ultra-low-cost U.S. carrier headquartered in Denver, Colorado. Since January 9, 2024 it keeps two balances: Travel Miles, redeemed for award flights, and Elite Status Points, which determine elite tier.
Frontier Airlines' terms allow FRONTIER Miles to transfer to a family member after the account holder dies. While the account holder is alive, Frontier Airlines allows family pooling and gift purchases.
What happens to FRONTIER Miles at death
- Transferable to family
Under Section 22 of the Terms and Conditions, Miles are non-transferable at a member's death unless the death certificate or a letter from the executor is produced; with one of them, Miles pass to the individual heirs rather than to the estate.1
Naming who acts after a death
- Designation
There is no way to name a beneficiary on a FRONTIER Miles account.1
Sources1
Frontier Airlines publishes its own process for a deceased person's account: FRONTIER Miles death-of-member transfer (Section 22, Miscellaneous Provisions); the request starts by phone at 1-602-333-5925. There is no way to name a beneficiary or successor on a FRONTIER Miles account.
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