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Jul 1, 2018, 9:25 am

#16

scruffy

Join Date: Mar 2000

Programs: Hy-Vee Fuel Saver

Posts: 404

Sorry to see that they didn't change the expiration for six months of inactivity.

Jul 1, 2018, 10:05 am

#17

rsteinmetz70112

Join Date: Jul 2013

Posts: 5,813

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Originally Posted by RustyC

"Daddy's Reclaim Program" ...hehehe.

Dad gets to do what companies have wanted to do for years.

OF course if Dad is paying for the tickets why shouldn't he get to control the points? I see this a a positive especially for those families who take trips with several children.

Jul 4, 2018, 2:03 am

#18

RustyC

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Join Date: Nov 2000

Location: Atlanta, GA, USA

Programs: Frontier Gold, DL estranged 1MMer, Spirit VIP, CO/NW/UA/AA once gold/plat/comped gold now dust.

Posts: 38,151

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Originally Posted by rsteinmetz70112

OF course if Dad is paying for the tickets why shouldn't he get to control the points? I see this a a positive especially for those families who take trips with several children.

Maybe the legacy airlines didn't want to set any precedents about one person earning from flying activity of several people because they saw a slippery slope to a reclaim program if they violated the one-person-one-account structure. They also wanted to make money on transferring miles between family members. @:-) And they generally didn't think a family of four they'd see once or twice a year deserved much of anything (though they won't say that).

Not that I'm defending any of that. Frontier's idea might catch on but I think they're limiting it and paving the way for confusion by requiring the pool head to either be an elite or a cardholder.

Jul 4, 2018, 2:06 am

#19

RustyC

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Join Date: Nov 2000

Location: Atlanta, GA, USA

Programs: Frontier Gold, DL estranged 1MMer, Spirit VIP, CO/NW/UA/AA once gold/plat/comped gold now dust.

Posts: 38,151

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Originally Posted by scruffy

Sorry to see that they didn't change the expiration for six months of inactivity.

Yeah, they need a less-aggressive policy there if they want to be ready for prime time. I think they need 18-month rolling with partner earnings or redemptions re-setting the clock, just like UA or AA.

Jan 4, 2022, 3:43 am

#20

hkhan92

Join Date: Jul 2014

Location: LAX/SNA/SAN, ISB

Programs: AS MVP100K, AA EP, DL Diamond, UA PLATINUM, Amtrak Select Plus

Posts: 53

i just status matched to 100k. i was curious, can i pool mqm's here too? like i want to get to 100k for the next year, i can add 4 of my friends and fam to my pool. if i got all 5 of us a round trip, would i get 10 segments? or do i still need to fly 100 segments on my own ? thanks so much