nsx
Mar 1, 03, 4:16 pm
Can I redeem MyPoints from my account for HHonors points for my daughter? Same address, same last name.
Hilton HHonors - MyPoints -> daughter's HHonors account?
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PaulGQ
Mar 1, 03, 6:56 pm
I have had great success transferrring my wife's points into our HHonors mutual fund with no problems.
Rut Dog
Mar 1, 03, 11:23 pm
I can't really answer your question, but you may be interested in Jet2K's comments in MilesBuzz (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/008365.html). He worked for a company that did lots of transferring of points, miles, etc.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Each airline's redemption communication process is different. It ranged from using FTP, email (secured and unsecured), mailing a floppy of redemption data, to sending out the files to be converted to Unix format and transferred to a magnetic tape before sending to the airline. This is probably part of the reason that why it takes varying amount of time to get your transferred points to show up. Also, this process happens on a recurring intervals, a few daily, some weekly, some monthly and some on less regular basis.
Each airline has different validation rules for account numbers. Most has check digits that we have to embed in our software that will kick out invalid account numbers. They usually also require matching names and accounts, and kick out non-matches back to us. The error communication process often uses similar technology as the outbound, tapes, floppy, email, ...etc. Often times, when a particular transaction errs out, it takes manual intevention to correct it. There are sometimes transactions that got ping-pong back and forth and took forever to resolve. </font>
Who knows what validation criteria they use?
Now, you could try to get your daughter and you in a mutual fund if you don't have one with someone else. It is supposed to be spouses only, but various other combinations have been reported with mixed success.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Each airline's redemption communication process is different. It ranged from using FTP, email (secured and unsecured), mailing a floppy of redemption data, to sending out the files to be converted to Unix format and transferred to a magnetic tape before sending to the airline. This is probably part of the reason that why it takes varying amount of time to get your transferred points to show up. Also, this process happens on a recurring intervals, a few daily, some weekly, some monthly and some on less regular basis.
Each airline has different validation rules for account numbers. Most has check digits that we have to embed in our software that will kick out invalid account numbers. They usually also require matching names and accounts, and kick out non-matches back to us. The error communication process often uses similar technology as the outbound, tapes, floppy, email, ...etc. Often times, when a particular transaction errs out, it takes manual intevention to correct it. There are sometimes transactions that got ping-pong back and forth and took forever to resolve. </font>
Who knows what validation criteria they use?
Now, you could try to get your daughter and you in a mutual fund if you don't have one with someone else. It is supposed to be spouses only, but various other combinations have been reported with mixed success.