Sorry to hear about the passing of your brother in law.
I went thru this with a close friend 4 years ago.
Upon notification, SW refunded the ticket that was still in effect. I memory serves, it did the same with travel funds -- to the original form of payment. SW did not ask to see a death certificate.
'It did not close the RR account, allowing an authorized user to use his RR account/points for tickets. 4 years later the account is still open and points are still being used.
As mentioned above, that is the best way of using the points.
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