Originally Posted by
lidosjawn
My understanding of it is that you don't have to redeem your miles for an award with someone in the POOL but you can POOL your miles with 8 others and redeem them on awards how the head of the pool sees fit.
"Daddy's Reclaim Program" ...hehehe.
Dad gets to do what companies have wanted to do for years.
Of course, if Dad's like a ULCC version of a certain POTUS he might use the miles to fly to SoCal to see a certain porn star but forget to bring the raincoats.
The younger kids are *probably* none the wiser about FF programs anyway, though I'm amazed at the level of knowledge of some here in their early 20s vs. where I was at that age in pre-Internet times. Heck, I was totally taken by surprise when I got my first FC upgrade and didn't even know I had status.