Originally Posted by
Alka
Have your friend share the miles earned from the flights. It's not free, of course, but then what is nowadays?
From aa.com -- click
here.
Now share your miles with family and friends!
Now share your miles with family and friends through the shareAAmiles program. For a limited time*, you can transfer even more miles - share up to 100,000 miles and receive up to 100,000 miles, per calendar year. Each transaction is limited to a maximum of 25,000 miles. Please allow 72 hours for the miles to post to each recipient's account. *This offer expires December 31, 2008.
But you left out the most important part -- the cost:
Mileage Pricing
#of miles cost*
1,000-5,000 $50.00
5,001-10,000 $100.00
10,001-15,000 $150.00
*Prices listed above are in U.S. dollars and do not include $30 per transaction processing fee....
In other words, it costs upwards of one cent per mile to transfer....
In any case, this really does NOT address the OP's question.