aktchi
Apr 14, 09, 3:50 pm
We have run into a tricky-for-us situation -
My wife and I share a Citi-AA credit card. Ie, we each have a card with our name, but with the same account number. My name and card number is registered with AA Rewards Network, primarily to pick up a few miles now and then from dining (our lifestyles are such that I end up eating out alone much more often than she does).
Now we need a hotel stay for 5 days. Ordinarily I'd have made the reservation. If we go through the AARN, they pay 5 miles/dollar, plus 1 mile/dollar for using the card itself, so we are looking at 6000-7000 miles. This seems to be the best miles deal at present.
Trouble is, this is a business trip for wife who needs the reservation/receipt in her own name for the eventual expense report, and also because our schedule is such that she'd be checking in alone 1-2 days before I arrive. In this case we wont get any miles (except the 1 mile/dollar) because AARN says that name + card number must match for us to get 5 miles/hr; they won't register the same card in both our names.
I wonder if anybody here has run into similar situation and figured out a way for AARN to work with a card number, regardless of which family member uses it?
In the meantime I am brainstorming with less-than-ideal options:
(1) We cancel my AARN membership, start another one under Mrs Aktchi's name with the same card, so her account gets 6 miles/dollar.
(2) We keep my membership, but register another card in her name, so her account gets 5 miles/dollar.
(3) We reserve under my name and take the chance the hotel would let her check-in and also agree to issue a duplicate receipt in her name for her expense report purpose.
Any suggestions greatly welcome. I am hoping that I am missing something obvious here which will do the trick. :)
My wife and I share a Citi-AA credit card. Ie, we each have a card with our name, but with the same account number. My name and card number is registered with AA Rewards Network, primarily to pick up a few miles now and then from dining (our lifestyles are such that I end up eating out alone much more often than she does).
Now we need a hotel stay for 5 days. Ordinarily I'd have made the reservation. If we go through the AARN, they pay 5 miles/dollar, plus 1 mile/dollar for using the card itself, so we are looking at 6000-7000 miles. This seems to be the best miles deal at present.
Trouble is, this is a business trip for wife who needs the reservation/receipt in her own name for the eventual expense report, and also because our schedule is such that she'd be checking in alone 1-2 days before I arrive. In this case we wont get any miles (except the 1 mile/dollar) because AARN says that name + card number must match for us to get 5 miles/hr; they won't register the same card in both our names.
I wonder if anybody here has run into similar situation and figured out a way for AARN to work with a card number, regardless of which family member uses it?
In the meantime I am brainstorming with less-than-ideal options:
(1) We cancel my AARN membership, start another one under Mrs Aktchi's name with the same card, so her account gets 6 miles/dollar.
(2) We keep my membership, but register another card in her name, so her account gets 5 miles/dollar.
(3) We reserve under my name and take the chance the hotel would let her check-in and also agree to issue a duplicate receipt in her name for her expense report purpose.
Any suggestions greatly welcome. I am hoping that I am missing something obvious here which will do the trick. :)