Originally Posted by
Rydad1
I booked a BA holiday for myself and my 16yo son and we are headed to the UK from the US next week (Hotels and flight from IAD-LHR and back in Business). I made him an Executive Club account and also made a household account.
My booking says we will each receive 11K Avios and 280 Tier points. After thinking about it, I'm wondering if I made a mistake in doing this since he really won't be needing/using any of the Avios that will be going into his account.
Am I correct to think that if I just had my Executive Club account number on the booking that I would get 22k Avios in my account? Can i just transfer the 11K from his account to my name once the miles post, or should I contact BA to change how I have it booked right now?
Sorry If this doesn't make any sense, but I'm new to the whole program and not sure what the best course of action would be.
Thanks!
No, Avios and Tier Points are always allocated to the individual. You will only receive the 11k allocated to you, and your son will get the same.
What a household account does is
pool the Avios available amongst individuals. This means that although your son will have 11k Avios from the flight, you will have access to them and can spend them as they are pooled with any other household account members. Of course, this is true for all in the account, i.e. your son will now have access to
your Avios, so you'll need to trust him not to spend yours
Household accounts are a good way of accessing relatively small amounts of Avios from people who otherwise don't accrue enough to be useful. There are some limitations with them, primarily you are much more limited on who you can spend Avios on - basically those in the Household plus a list of 5 others nominated individuals, but it sounds like it could be an appropriate approach for you.