Originally Posted by
littlegreenman
Just get your wife/husband/brother/sister/mother/father/in-laws/friend/neighbour... to open a skywards account and buy the miles through that account. They can use your credit card for the payment and have to select the gift miles option and enter your skywards number in there.
That won't work. There's a 25k limit whether you buy miles yourself or are gifted them by someone else.