Quick Question: Can you give miles to a friend?
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Boston, MA,
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, Delta PM, *wood Ambassador Plat, Marriott Self-Imposed Exile
Posts: 679
Quick Question: Can you give miles to a friend?
Hi Everyone...
I rarely fly US Air... but have some miles that i wanted to give away...
1) can i just give them to any other Member?
2) is there a limit?
I looked at the USAIR.com site to no avail and tried using the search but it's not working.
Thanks in advance.
-- boston aa flyer
I rarely fly US Air... but have some miles that i wanted to give away...
1) can i just give them to any other Member?
2) is there a limit?
I looked at the USAIR.com site to no avail and tried using the search but it's not working.
Thanks in advance.
-- boston aa flyer
#2
Join Date: Apr 2004
Programs: AA EXP, HH Gold,MR Gold, Avis CHM
Posts: 2,300
Originally Posted by boston aa flyer
Hi Everyone...
I rarely fly US Air... but have some miles that i wanted to give away...
1) can i just give them to any other Member?
2) is there a limit?
I looked at the USAIR.com site to no avail and tried using the search but it's not working.
Thanks in advance.
-- boston aa flyer
I rarely fly US Air... but have some miles that i wanted to give away...
1) can i just give them to any other Member?
2) is there a limit?
I looked at the USAIR.com site to no avail and tried using the search but it's not working.
Thanks in advance.
-- boston aa flyer
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Boston, MA,
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, Delta PM, *wood Ambassador Plat, Marriott Self-Imposed Exile
Posts: 679
Originally Posted by dukeman
Give -- NO. You can however redeem an award for a friend if you have enough miles.
-- A
#4
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Programs: United Gold
Posts: 2,047
what's the big deal?
.. so you cant give miles to a friend? Presumably they are trying to redeem for something. Redeem for them, then have them pay you back with something else (eg redeem miles for you in the future).
#5
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: DCA: Go Nats! BWI/CLE: Go Tribe!
Programs: US3, WN, UA, AA, CO
Posts: 1,272
If you don't have enough miles to buy your friend a ticket, supplement the "orphan miles" with American Express Membership Rewards points, i-Dine miles, or e-mail signup bonuses. Remember also, offpeak awards start in two weeks--it'll take 20,000 rather than 25,000 miles to redeem for a free ticket.
Or donate them to charity.
Or donate them to charity.