Originally Posted by DaileyB

I have 113,000 American FF miles, 96,000 Delta FFs, & 63,000 United FFs. Will be flying from Cincinnati OH to Beijing in early December. Am taking my 10-year-old son with me. Am picking up my fiance and her 6-year-old daughter in Beijing for a one-way trip to the U.S.

In the past, I have gotten no cooperation at all with airlines when I try to book my FFs together with paid tickets. I don’t want to do one or the other separately because, if for example, I buy a ticket for my son but there are no FF miles available, I have wasted the ticket. I have also talked to several agents, and they said there is nothing they can do to try to book a paid ticket together with FFs.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can best try to use my miles. Also, if in trying to book tickets it becomes useful to transfer my miles to my fiance is it feasible to do so, or are the transfer fees so high that it is not feasible. Should also mention that my fiance's older 14-year-old daughter will be coming to the U.S. in January. Any assistance would be appreciated.

DB