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

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.

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.

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

Elite status is only based upon your activity. Pooling only applies to redeemable miles.