Originally Posted by
egokcen
... Since all of the miles earned by family members (except the master account, of course) automatically go into the master account, these family members always have a "0" balance in their account total.
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Just to make sure I read you right: You are talking about award miles only, right? Status miles will still credit to each individual as a normal account?
If this is the case, I believe they stated this pretty clearly in the linked pages above. It is a "pooling" account, where you can pool award miles from family members to your own account.