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Old Nov 10, 2009, 10:27 am
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MichaelColey
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: DFW
Programs: AA 2.2MM LT Plat, Hilton Diamond, Marriott/SPG Platinum
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Has anyone successfully shared (and received bonuses for) more than 50k from multiple senders to one recipient?

My wife and I both have > 50k and my kids each have 30k.

I would like to transfer:

1) 10k from my wife to each of my kids (getting them over 50k)
2) 50k from my wife and each of my kids to me, increasing my balance by 300k.

Total cost would be $1988.75, which would generate 170k new miles and end up increasing my balance by 300k.

Since I'm CP (no phone booking or redeposit fees) and DM Select (5k discount on award tickets, award booking fees waived), it's beneficial for me to redeem miles out of my account for all of our family travels, so that's why I would like to structure this so that as much as possible ends up in my account.

The only catch is that it might not be possible to move more than 50k into a single account and get the bonuses. I know it's not possible to move more than 50k from a single account to a single account (as documented by lsk4jmi earlier in this thread), but has anyone successfully moved more than 50k from multiple accounts to a single account and received the bonuses?
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