Originally Posted by chicagorich
You could get an award seat in his name, but the miles would have to come from your account.
That is true but it would be like loaning 90,000 miles and this would take my friend forever to repay.
Originally Posted by chicagorich
I am a member of AMEX MR points also--my assumption is that when you link a Skymiles account to your MR account, the names need to match. I have not read that anywhere nor have I tried to link a Skymiles account to my MR account that wasn't mine.
I think you can link to anyone who has a card on your account. For example, my wife has a AMEX card on my account and minutes from her charges are added to my total. I can use the miles to top off her account.