Originally Posted by
skywardhunter
1. Some airlines permit this for an extortionate fees, some don't at all, very few have free and user friendly pooling features (e.g. BA HH account)
2. pretty standard. You can use miles from account A to upgrade passenger B, but can't use 10k from account A, 15k from B and 7k from C. Normal
3. 3 years, pretty standard
4. I don't know, I'd assume it depends on the *A partners making awards available to some degree
TL/DR, OPW?
Agreed, all of the KrisFlyer features seem pretty standard, particular for APAC. Perhaps OP could enlighten us as to which programs he considers to not be, in his words, a scam.