Originally Posted by
poohhead80
Korean airline tried to reduce the expiration time 5-6 years ago to match Delta or Northwest. Korean government was against it and gave 3 year (i believe) grace period. Then KE changed the rule. still 5 years is a lot compared to US carriers. I think KE will try to match the rule eventually.
KE and OZ have very unique rules on their program. Family member can share miles and can not issue tickets for non-family members. For example, father has 20,000mile, mother has 20,000miles and son has 20,000miles.
They can issue a ticket for daughter with 60,000miles.
The difference between KE's 5 year policy and DL's 18 month policy is that with DL the window keeps getting extended as long as there is continued activity. With KE the miles just expire out at the end of their cycle, similar to B6 and WN. It prevents someone from hoarding miles over a long period of time to add up to a big reward. Because I credit to DL once a year or so I have miles that I earned 20 years ago still in my account.