. When a family member dies, you’ve got a lot of assets to sort through — the house, the bank accounts, not to mention their personal belongings — and their miles and credit card points might be last on your mind. But if your relative had a travel credit card or elite status with an airline or hotel, their stash of points could be worth a significant amount, and you might be wondering what happens to all of those points. If you read the terms and conditions of most loyalty programs, they say that points are not property. That means you don’t legally own them and, technically, your relatives can’t bequeath them to you in their will. Each program has its own policy on what happens to the points of a deceased member, so there’s no one answer. Sometimes it’s as easy as contacting customer service and transferring the points to your own accounts, but other times, it may require documentation or other workarounds.