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It says earned miles are part of the family program. Would that mean miles transferred in are part of the family program?

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Originally Posted by mileshound (Post 29812612)

It says earned miles are part of the family program. Would that mean miles transferred in are part of the family program?

it states that any existing miles cannot be transferred in. So, for me, and I suspect most people, it’s a waste of time. You just end up with another account that has more orphan miles, as others have stated. Frankly, it’s a waste of time and of no benefit. Very disappointed.

I was thinking of future transfers. What if I transfer in 50,000 membership reward points to my account and a family membet also transfers in 50,000 to their account? Would the family have 100,000.

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Originally Posted by mileshound (Post 29813493)

I was thinking of future transfers. What if I transfer in 50,000 membership reward points to my account and a family membet also transfers in 50,000 to their account? Would the family have 100,000.

I have the exact same question as well, any updates?

This is from View from the Wing which links to Australian Business Traveler. I would assume this applies to transferring AMEX points. I may do a test in the next week.

nor can you share Skywards Miles earned from other sources such as credit cards.

Does anyone know if miles in the family account can be used for upgrades? Or only for ticket redemptions? the website isn't entirely clear...

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Originally Posted by Lkaroo (Post 29819938)

Does anyone know if miles in the family account can be used for upgrades? Or only for ticket redemptions? the website isn't entirely clear...

Both.

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Originally Posted by XXTSGR (Post 29820700)

Both.

How would it work using miles from the family account for an onboard upgrade? Or would that not be possible?

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Originally Posted by Lkaroo (Post 29822631)

How would it work using miles from the family account for an onboard upgrade? Or would that not be possible?

Can't see why that shouldn't be possible. Though obviously depends on visibility of family account to flight crew. But should work the same way as 'normal' onboard upgrades.

I just set up a family account and it according to the family page home using family miles for upgrades are "coming soon" to the programme.

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Originally Posted by extramileage (Post 29795439)

So the program appears to be up and running in a "soft launch" mode with no official announcement.

If you are just getting going with Skywards or are adding new family members with no Skywards history, it could be interesting (although online upgrades still not available from an IT perspetive).

However, since the account starts at zero and miles can't be freely transferred, this is not useful if you have existing accounts with material amounts of miles in them. You'd need to drain the accounts first (which is hard without losing some miles) to make it useful, otherwise it's like just having another account to manage on top of the existing ones. Even my two kids have ~30-50k miles each in their accounts that are not worth losing. So if add them to the Family Plan, i'd have the Family Plan with a low balance and their existing accounts with limited use for their miles as redemptions must come from only one account. Maybe add family members who fly EK infrequently, assuming they dont mind but still probably have to lose (or use at low value) any existing miles.

Bottom line: I won't be accruing any miles into it for now.

FFS :-( So I can't pool the miles from each member of my family into one ?
That would be the main benefit I would want.
- And need at the moment !!

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Originally Posted by XXTSGR (Post 29823040)

Can't see why that shouldn't be possible. Though obviously depends on visibility of family account to flight crew. But should work the same way as 'normal' onboard upgrades.

Possible doesn't always mean Available with EK. For example, you can't use a skysurfer's miles (even if Silver/Gold) on board, nor can you even use them at check in.

Has anyone tried to use the miles from the Family account for an upgrade?

don't fly emirates much & likely won't be flying them anytime soon....i have around 83k miles in my family account from a trip my family took last year....

i was looking at the various options i had to use the miles & i see one option is to use them for hotel bookings....i tried doing this but it won't give me to option to use my family account....it just shows my account which has zero miles as compared to my family account which has 83k miles....

i guess my question is, can i use the miles from my family account to book hotels????

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Originally Posted by mileshound (Post 29813493)

I was thinking of future transfers. What if I transfer in 50,000 membership reward points to my account and a family membet also transfers in 50,000 to their account? Would the family have 100,000.

I am aware that this is an old thread, but I had the same question:
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/emir...dit-cards.html

It does work. But be sure to set the contribution to 100%, before you transfer the points. You can't transfer points from a personal account to a family account, so they have go straight from Amex/Chase to your family account.