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Can my wife use my airline miles?

Bottom line. With a vast majority of airline loyalty programs, you're free to redeem your miles for friends & family without many restrictions. The best practice is to have the person redeeming the miles out of their account make the reservation.



Yes, your wife can use your airline miles, but the process depends on the specific airline's policy. Most frequent flyer programs allow you to book a flight for someone else directly from your account; you simply enter her name as the passenger and pay with your miles. Some airlines, like British Airways or JetBlue, offer "Family Accounts" or "Pooling," which let household members combine their miles into a single pot for easier redemption. Alternatively, you can "transfer" miles to her account, but this is almost always a poor financial decision as airlines typically charge a hefty fee per mile transferred, often negating the value of the rewards. In some specific programs like Singapore Airlines' KrisFlyer, you must first add her as a "Redemption Nominee" before you can book for her. Generally, the most efficient way to share the wealth is to book the ticket yourself using your login and simply put her details in the traveler information section.

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Focus on earning points that either partner can use Airline and hotel rewards credit cards can offer lucrative bonuses and cardholder perks. However, hotel points and airline miles generally can't be transferred to another member — at least without prohibitively expensive fees.

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Can I combine my Accounts with anyone else? You may transfer Miles and even merge your profile with another Collector Account in order to pool your collecting efforts and the Miles existing currently in your AIR MILES Cash and Dream Accounts.

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Membership numbers are nontransferable. Only one person may be enrolled per SkyMiles account.

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Call The Airline Even though many airlines permit you to book a ticket for somebody else spending your own miles, there are few airlines which entail you to inform them about the usage of your miles by somebody else on phone or over the ticket counter.

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The logistics of redeeming airline miles for others Admittedly the policies do vary by airline: Some airlines only let the account holder be the one to authorize a transaction. Some airlines let anyone make a reservation with miles, as long as they can verify specific account details.

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While you might feel you're entitled to receiving the airline miles accrued when you pay for someone else's ticket, only the passenger can earn miles from flying. Frequent flyer programs will not award miles when the passenger's name doesn't match the name on the loyalty account provided at check-in.

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I signed up for Delta skymiles and added my flight, do I need to sign up for a skymiles account for each of us? Or can I add my wife and kids flights to my account? Everyone needs their own account. no charge for the card first year--cancel at the end.

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If you're not using your miles on yourself, you could give them to someone else. Delta allows you to transfer miles from your personal SkyMiles account to another SkyMiles account in increments of 1,000 miles.

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With Mileage Pooling, two adults and up to five children can combine their award miles in one mileage pool free of charge. This way, your mileage account will grow all the faster, and your joint wishes will come true in no time.

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Some airlines may allow miles to be transferred to a beneficiary, others might close the account upon death, and still, others might allow miles to be used for a period following the account holder's death. For instance, American Airlines does not allow miles to be willed or inherited.

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Can you transfer American Airlines miles to a family member? . The minimum transfer amount is 1,000 miles, and it will cost $15 to do the transfer. The maximum number of miles that can be transferred each year is 200,000.

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Members who purchase an upgrade through the seat map after booking will be eligible for mileage accrual based on the total amount spent in USD. Miles are always earned by the Member who is flying (whose name and SkyMiles number are listed on the ticket) regardless of who purchased the flight.

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We sampled flight awards available with U.S. carriers and found that consumers need between about 8,000 and 57,000 miles to get a free one-way coach flight. Free flights in business or first class start at around 25,000 miles and climb to well over 150,000 miles one-way.

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We sampled flight awards available with U.S. carriers and found that consumers need between about 8,000 and 57,000 miles to get a free one-way coach flight. Free flights in business or first class start at around 25,000 miles and climb to well over 150,000 miles one-way.

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Here's the catch. Air Miles themselves do not expire. But, if your account “expires” by being “dormant” (or inactive) for 24 consecutive months, then the points on it will disappear. An account is considered inactive if there are no points transactions within that period.

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