I need to fill a friend's account with 500 more miles to redeem an upgrade. I tried signing up for e-rewards but it doesn't seem to work (there is errors) maybe because my IP shows as a country that doesn't participate or whatever. I'm HK based.
Any other easy way for 500 miles? I'd rather not buy 1,500 more miles than I need and pay 80 USD for that. I also have 720 Starwood points so I could use 500 to transfer 500 EK miles, but then there's a 2,500 points minimum transfer as I'm not a Platinum...argh!
So, anyone have another clue? For car rental/hotel, would it matter if the receiving EK account number and name are different from my own?