Originally Posted by
jessej
if you use the United , the balance will be 20k, which under most circumstances wont get you a rt in the usa
take the 100k from scott's acct
and bruce owes him 50k
if scott uses hh points then bruce can transfer 40k hh to scotts acct
then bruce has a 100k balance in his aa acct and now only owes Scott 30k airline miles
...just a little more info - Scott & Bruce are married and it doesn't matter if one owes the other miles. I see the point about having 20k left-over United miles. Longer-term goal is to have enough miles for two first-class to India, which probably means abandoning United and keeping American miles towards that goal... Any other thoughts?