Re: Court ruling on frequent flyer miles

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Re: Court ruling on frequent flyer miles

Posted on: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 12:12:38 +0000 (UTC)

Tchiowa wrote:
> Cyrus Afzali wrote:
> >
> > Well, this only has relevance in Germany, just as a U.S. court ruling
> > would only have relevance in the U.S.
>
> US government employees have been required to "turn in" their miles for
> a long time. Basically the government monitors their accounts and
> requires them to use their miles for business trips rather than
> personal use.

They stopped doing that around a decade ago. It turns out that in the
USA there are some IRS tax rulings that for a business to try to grab
the miles make it more trouble than its worth.

-hh

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