gleff

Yes, just go online to the Membership Rewards website and link her Virgin account there. Once linked you can transfer points.

Officially points can only be transferred to someone who is an authorized user on the card account linked to Membership Rewards.

In practice with most programs you can transfer to anyone you wish online.

But before you transfer to Virgin, consider one of their partners like ANA -- often requires fewer points and lower taxes/fees.

mia

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gleff's reply is precisely correct for a USA account, but I suspect alexb1212 has a UK account, the process may be different and ANA is not a Membership Rewards UK partner. I have changed the thread title to be more specific.

trueblu

I was unable to do this (two years ago, when I last tried) with my account and wife's FF programme (my wife is a secondary card holder)...so I think that it's not possible with UK MR. Shame.

tb

louie-m

I am in the UK and have an Amex Gold card. I want to transfer some MR points to a BA FF account in my husband's name (same surname). Can I and if so, how?

Also could I transfer MR points to a different BA Miles account in another relative's name (different surname and address)?

JackDaniels

I'm not sure about how it works in the UK, but I know in the US you simply need to add the number to membershiprewards.com to complete the transfer. I've transferred to my friends and family many times this way.

I think there's also a 20% promotion on miles transferred to BA right now from MR.

BonViveur

Unless the rules are different in different countries, you cannot transfer Membership Rewards points to the account of anyone other than the basic cardmember.

You can transfer points to your own airline account, and if the airline permits, then transfer pints to a family member. I do this regularly.

csdavidson

Do you have a household BA account? Shouldn't matter which account the miles land up in in order to use them.

mlad1101

It is the same in rules for the US but they are hardly enforced. Have you tried it to know that they enforce it by you or just assuming?

mia

Not exactly. The USA rule permits transfers to basic -and- additional cardholders. The Australian rules limit transfers only to accounts registered in the basic cardholder's name.

https://catalogue.membershiprewards....ng.mtw#answer5

sbm12

Rules and reality are VERY different in this particular aspect of the program. :-:

S.Bling

+1

Not only that - I have specifically done before it on the phone:
Specifically asked "I want to transfer points to someone else's FQ Program" They were not related to me, not the same name, not the same address - nothing.

The CSR asked for the person's Name, program type, and membership number in that program - and did the transfer on the phone while I waited.

Points appeared in the other person's account almost immediately.

mith

was that with BA or VS? I believe while it might be possible with US airlines, they will not do it with US MR and European airlines.

BeantownFlyer

Do you have online access to the MR program. If so, as has been mentioned above, just go into your online account, add the new program and click "link". Depending on the airline the process may be instant, or take a few days. Once it is linked, you can readily transfer points into the account. I have done it with people who are not supplemental card holders, and not even related to me.

louie-m

I thought I'd update this thread with my experiences - bear in mind this is in the UK and is something that seems to differ in different countries.

I started by transferring MR points to my husband's FF account (same surname) and all went fine.

So then I tried transferring some MR points from my sister's Amex account (different surname) to my FF account. The Amex website showed my FF account no as having been accepted by the system before I tried the transfer. The points disappeared from her Amex account but never appeared in my FF account but neither did they reappear in her account, as I would have expected had the transfer been rejected. After speaking to Amex, it seems they would have expected the points to have bounced back too so they are currently trying to work out what happened and are redoing the same transfer to my sister's own FF account instead.

Amex mentioned that the transfer failed because of the different surnames, so regardless of the fact that you are not supposed to transfer into a different person's FF account, it seems it will work in the UK as long as you share your last name.

Centurion

You have huge amount of misinformation and confusion on the Amex Forum from the fact Amex has products in multiple countries that have different rules, benefits, restrictions, etc for programs. The OP in this case indicates the UK which is nice

I think it would be nice if someone would could establish an unofficial format when posting that indicates the product Country.