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Originally Posted by SpencerCat
Originally Posted by
guv1976
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SpencerCat, since your current mileage balance would be enough for three one-way business class awards between the U.S. and Europe on UA, your wife only needs to accumulate a total of 52,500 miles for the fourth one-way award that the two of you require to fly roundtrip.
I have a question.
Are you saying that I can use MY miles to get a one-way Business Class ticket for my wife? I didn't know I could do that. I thought I could use my miles ONLY for a ticket for myself. Am I wrong? I hope so.
We aren't planning to travel overseas until next year, and I think that before then, either I will have accumulated enough additional miles for two roundtrip Business Class tickets (one for me and one for my wife, if what you say is true ... and I sure hope it is), or my wife will have her own Chase UAL credit card with enough miles from a signup bonus and everyday expenditures to get one one-way ticket.
I hope all of this makes sense, and I REALLY hope you're right about my being able to use some of my miles to get a ticket for my wife.
Thanks for responding.
Richard
Yes, as
hindukid has already indicated, you can book award travel for anyone with your own miles.
If you can accumulate a total of 210,000 miles in your own account, then you can book two roundtrip award tickets: one for you, and one for your wife. There are some advantages to booking roundtrip awards, rather than one-way awards, with UA miles. First, on a roundtrip award, you can redeem on any Star Alliance carrier; you are not limited to flights operated by UA. Second, I believe that on an international roundtrip award, you are also entitled to a free stopover in Europe, in case you wanted to visit two cities on your trip.