Is it possible to sell or transfer points to other people.

I did one flight on EK and have 24,950 which isn't enough to actually go anywhere from Australia.

... but you can get awards for others. There are a few within the Middle East for 20k, and Sri Lanka to/from the Maldives (also 20k).

I know this becuase I recently signed my grandparents, an uncle, and two cousins up for Skywards based on one trip from Africa to Europe. At the end, they will each have 20k in their account, and I will be able to use those for the flights described above - and being a frequent traveller to Dubai, a good set of freebies for me.

There is also an option (what I believe is) called 'Family Bonus' where you can get miles for other, non-frequent flying family members - basically, they cannot earn anything, but you get 25% of their miles. Perhaps an option if you have any family members in this situation. Unfortunately, this cannot be done retrospectively for you and the miles you have already earned.

I hope this helps.

AAmerican_in_London

How many miles do you need to travel to NZ on EK? I dont think it would be too much more. Buy the extra miles, credit some hotel stays or even fly on EK to NZ for a weekend to get that free flight. Much better than letting the points expire.

25,000 will buy you a free SYD-AKL, BNE-AKL, MEL-AKL or SYD-CHC ticket. I am sure EK wont mind if you are short 10 miles - they are usually accomadating this way.

12,500 will also buy you a J-F or Y-J one way upgrade on the same routes.

The upgrades are definately worth it on the B777-300ER (77W) used on SYD-AKL and the A340-500 (345) used on MEL-AKL & SYD-CHC IMHO

Upgrading from J --> F on the A340 is definately a treat thats worth experiencing, especially if you have miles to blow.

Cheers

Sorry to resurrect an old thread .... but how does one gift miles to another exactly? Can you do this online through skywards ? or do you have ring the contact centre ?

Tried to do it myself but couldnt find the options anywhere

Thanks for any help

You can't gift miles to others, unless you buy miles for them. However, you can redeem miles for tickets for others

Bugger knew that would be too good to be true

Cheers for your reply !

From Skywards FAQ

http://www.skywards.com/Help_faq.aspx?SkinID=2

hmmm what does the section of gifting miles in there refer to then ??

Another Q Also From Skywards FAQ

Does this mean i can nominate a family member and they can also earn skywards miles while still giving me 20% ?

They have it somewhere in the FAQ; miles credited from flights can go to one account only, so either the account holder, or the family member who only gets %20.

I can't see the benefit out of the family bonus, given that they could earn full miles (including bonus from pomotions) and then as their travel coordinator you could burn them (the miles that is) on upgrades/award flights

i like the latter part of your post about burning their points as their travel coordinator ... how do i do that ? .... ok i found the travel Co-ord section but now got another question .... does that means if a family member nominates me as their travel co-ord i get access to all their miles earned be it thro F or J or online plus first flight ? Woow that sounds too good to be true .... Can i be more than 1 person's Co-ord ? thanks for such a handy tip Edy !

Yes you can. I am the travel coordinator for a bunch of family members (who don't fly frequently, and who don't really care about miles to begin with).

However, you can not combine their miles into one award, but still the miles will come very useful

check the pm

Man that's a great tip for me seriously it does open up so much possibilities

esp since my whole family will be flying to NZ this year so yippee i'll be earning at least 20k pp as they'll be flying from DXB

Thanks again Edy !