Originally Posted by
Xiaotung
No, the FFP accounts I mentioned would have been indeed in my name. I don't think they were used to gain elite perks but to pocket the miles from the accounts in my name then sell them, assuming some programmes allow redeeming for another person. Or since I assume they were employees, some internal ways to benefit from it. As you know, things got out of control at AC which prompted them to close family pooling for a period of time.
I remember someone got caught at HKG for doing that (CX check-in agents). I don't even know if there is any FFP that allows one to collect miles from another person flying. The only way is to pool miles with your account. Someone reported that in TK's forum which seems very mysterious. The reason why I was surprised was BA check-in at LHR mixed up my sons' FFP, son #1 and #2's BA FFP number are the same except the third last digit (and to make it worse, it's like xxxxxxxxx646 and xxxxxxxxxx746). No matter what I said to BA they bluntly refused to credit the miles to my son's account. I had to call the Hong Kong office (yeah the good old days) to speak to someone who is more human than the customer service - she figured out that the check-in agent entered the same FFP for both boys, and she had to make a case to BAEC to get them to deposit the miles. Took me 3 months to solve it.