I am an unsophisticated mileage plan user. My sons' school is having fundraiser auction and I am in charge of working on putting together the package for a week in a condo in Kaui. To increase the value of the package we would like to add airfare. The condo is offered for at a holiday time.

Is there a way to arrange/buy airfare without having the purchaser of the package involved? It seemed to me than rather than buying tickets, donations of air miles from families in the school could be done. However, I am thinking the chance of using air miles over a holiday week is slim.

Can miles be gifted? How do air miles from multiple people get pooled so the airline will accept them? Where we live, the airlines in our area are United, Alaska, and Delta. Any experience about which would be the most helpful in our "cause?"