Mileage Shift
 

If this has been discussed indepth previously, then my apologies. I have searched for answers to the following question with little to no results, leaving me to ponder it's possible taboo nature.

I have seen on numerous occassions people reference signing up someone else in their house for a FF account, in this case the account in question is Skymiles. Sometimes even a reference is made to signing up the household dog in order to acquire miles. These references and a deal with Skymiles made the light in my head go off and create a few other accounts for my "household members." So now I am sitting on 70k per account. Doing a transfer of the total amount from one account to another seems way too pricey to make it worth it so that's out or so it seems. 70k leaves me 10k short of the needed amount so I can't use the current amount in each account for tix, so what would one do to shift maxium pts from one account to another with little to no cost or loss of miles.

Sorry if the answer above is in fact readily available.

Skymiles was the wrong program to start this "adventure". It's known as the program that "fleeces their customers".

Welcome to FT.

I don't know about household pets, but here is some info on transferring Delta miles.
*Minimum/Maximum mileage per transaction, per recipient: 1,000 / 30,000
*Mileage increments: 1,000
*Rate per mile: $0.01
*Processing Fee per transaction: $30.00

SkyMiles Transfer: http://dn.delta.com/skymiles/purchas...ansfer/landing
SkyMiles Transfer FAQ: https://www.delta.com/help/faqs/tran...iles/index.jsp

Decision probably depends on several factors including your financial situation, how badly/quickly you need the miles (like to top off account for a specific award), your expectations for earning more miles in the future, and the worth per mile you will extract from them once you use them.

A quick overview of my situation would be....

We'll say I have 6 accounts with 70k each.

Desired award travel is avail. for 80-90k per

So, each account is 10-20k short of needed funds

Transfer of 10-20k per account is somewhat steep considering the fees

Useage, would like to cash in one or two for Sept or Oct.

.....

Would doing some trades (FT Coupon Trades Forum) be worth it ?

Go to FF pts selling website ?

I am open to any and all suggestions, thanks^

I agree but the acquisition was to good of a value to pass up, let's say the CPM for each account was 1 cent per mile... too good to be pass up :)

Wrong Forum
 

You will probably get better ideas in the Delta forum (best way to move/share points on Delta) or MilesBuzz (best way to cheaply earn 10-20k points).

You could always apply for 6 new credit cards! :D

I know 60k to Europe on DL is tough to find you may get lucky. I may be wrong but I think you can use one of those accounts to issue you a ticket in your name... should be able to do it when making the final booking, again I may be wrong.