Travel awards for chartable travel

Dross15 · ‎January 21, 2023

I traveled by air for disaster relief work.....I used Southwest Air points. Can I deduct value of points used?

MarilynG1 · ‎January 21, 2023

If you had purchased a ticket to travel for charity work for a qualified organization, you could deduct the cost of the ticket price you paid.

Since you used points to travel for your charity work, however, this is considered a gift from the airline to the charity and not personally deductible by you.

Here's more info on Charity Travel.

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MarilynG1 · ‎January 21, 2023

If you had purchased a ticket to travel for charity work for a qualified organization, you could deduct the cost of the ticket price you paid.

Since you used points to travel for your charity work, however, this is considered a gift from the airline to the charity and not personally deductible by you.

Here's more info on Charity Travel.

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**Mark the post that answers your question by clicking on "Mark as Best Answer"

Dross15 · ‎January 23, 2023

Thank you. IRS's logic is not very sound....but a learning lesson for me. I will pay for future airline tickets for disaster relief assignments and reserve my rewards for pleasure travel. Thanks again.

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