Originally Posted by
AllanJ
The airlines don't want one person, for example a parent, buying tickets for several other people, for example his children, and accumulating all the frequent flyer miles in his own account for bigger and better awards.
My father flew a lot and from time to time bought tickets for the (grown) family. My brother flies very little and his miles expired.
It would be nice to allow families to be able to do this.. would enhance loyalty within airline programs..
But where would it stop.. and that's probably why airlines don't allow consolidation normally..