FlyerTalk Evangelist and Ambassador: The British Airways Club
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Somewhere between 0 and 13,000 metres high
Programs: AF/KL Life Plat, BA GGL+GfL, ALL Diam, Hilton Diam, Marriott Gold, blablablah, etc
Posts: 33,120
The rule is explicitly that the account holder must traveling it's been confirmed as a strict rule here by Baec reps. I personally wouldn't play Russian roulette beyond that even if there are cases of people who got away with it.