Hello everyone, I’m new to the board. I’m an American living in Auckland, New Zealand. If anybody can answer the following questions, I’d really appreciate it.

1)I have 12,000 UA Miles and my partner has 9,000. We haven’t earned any new miles in the past almost 36 months so I assume these will be expiring. I realize we can transfer miles between the accounts at a rate of 0.01 and a $25 fee. I think that 0.01 rate is good until the end of March. Since United no longer fly’s out of Auckland, I wonder if it’s worth it to transfer the miles or just let them go.

2)If I transfer the 9,000 miles from my partners account to mine, is that considered “earned” miles, giving me another 36 months before they expire?

3)When United used to fly to and from NZ, a round trip reward to America was 60,000 miles. That same flight on Air New Zealand would cost me 100,000 Airpoints, can I use 60,000 MP Miles to book the award on Air New Zealand?

4) Lastly, can I earn Mileage Plus miles on Air New Zealand flights?