Originally Posted by
bloodyeyeballs
You also want to get as many miles as possible to your lifetime account so in the event you reach a million miles, your spouse will gain the same elite level as you.
At this point, Mrs. Eyeballs is a spousal 1K and there is really no incentive to put any miles on her account.
Same here. Mr. Lori_Q has more lifetime BIS miles on awards from my account than he does on paid tickets. It's too bad those don't count toward his own Million Miler status. However, he doesn't care much for air travel, so MM status is meaningless to him.
On a recent paid trip on which we shared a PNR, I noticed that he appeared on the upgrade list ahead of me. I assume this is because his name starts with a "D", and all the other upgrade-priority criteria were identical to mine (status, fare bucket, time on upgrade list). Has anyone else seen this happen?