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UA Fan Sep 28, 2012 10:48 am

List of Programs that Allow Miles/Points to be Shared
 
AIRLINES

Hawaiian Airlines (receipient must have credit card holders only)
British Airways (through household accounts; several restrictions apply please research before going into this)
Qantas (once a year)
Korean (family pooling)
Emirates (earning miles in one account at reduced rate)
Qatar (same as EK)
Sun Country Airlines.
Kuwait Airways (same as EK)
Virgin Australia (family pooling)

HOTELS

Starwood (online; for those at the same address)
Marriott (not online; only when redeeming awards)
Club Carlson (not online)
Hyatt (not online; only when booking reward nights)

CAR RENTALS

Hertz (via phone; one family member to another if both are gold)


CREDIT CARDS

Chase UR (online; to spouse's FFP or UR need receipient's credit card # to transfer to other's UR)
Amex MR (transfers to other's MR account by special email request; transfers to others FFP online)
Capital One (transfers to other's Capital One credit card)
Citi Thank You (online transfers to others TYP account; need TYP# or credit card/checking account #, transfered points expire in 90 days)

Anything else?

muji Sep 28, 2012 11:14 am


Originally Posted by UA Fan (Post 19401460)
AIRLINESHawaiian Airlines

I believe that this is only if both parties have the Hawaiian Airlines credit card: http://www.hawaiianairlines.com/Hawa...es/share-miles

flyaxa Sep 28, 2012 11:16 am

I'll add some CC Programs:

Chase Ultimate Rewards-Transfer to any other account
Starwood Preferred Guest-Transfer to accounts with Same Addresss

muji Sep 28, 2012 11:19 am


Originally Posted by UA Fan (Post 19401460)
HOTELS
Starwood
Marriott
Anything else?

With Hilton you cannot transfer points for free (the fee is $25 per 10,000 points transferred), but you can book an award hotel stay for a family member (with same mailing address) at no charge.

NewGuyinTheSky Sep 28, 2012 11:20 am

Club Carlson points can be transferred to anyones account as well.

mia Sep 28, 2012 11:20 am


Originally Posted by flyaxa (Post 19401638)
I'll add some CC Programs:
Starwood Preferred Guest-Transfer to accounts with Same Addresss

SPG is a hotel program, already mentioned in post #1. Points earned with an SPG credit card are automatically deposited in the cardholder's SPG account and the card issuer has no further involvement.

muji Sep 28, 2012 11:27 am


Originally Posted by UA Fan (Post 19401460)
Anything else?


Originally Posted by muji (Post 19401664)
With Hilton...you can book an award hotel stay for a family member (with same mailing address) at no charge.

The same is true for Hyatt (when using points, but not when using a free night certificate).

UA Fan Sep 28, 2012 12:09 pm


Originally Posted by muji (Post 19401664)
With Hilton you cannot transfer points for free (the fee is $25 per 10,000 points transferred), but you can book an award hotel stay for a family member (with same mailing address) at no charge.

I think it is pretty standard for most FFP to allow bookings for others. I am looking at programs that allow one to transfer to other members account.

Did HH recently introduce this same address restriction when booking for others?

Richard1148 Sep 28, 2012 12:35 pm


Originally Posted by muji (Post 19401618)
I believe that this is only if both parties have the Hawaiian Airlines credit card: http://www.hawaiianairlines.com/Hawa...es/share-miles

No, only the receiving member must have the cc as per the t&c of the link in your post (Any HawaiianMiles member can give miles to a Hawaiian Airlines Visa® cardholder — free of charge). I also know this from personal experience.

amolkold Sep 28, 2012 12:47 pm

BA has household accounts for Avios ... you can't transfer points but you can pool them for redemptions.

muji Sep 28, 2012 7:09 pm


Originally Posted by UA Fan (Post 19401999)
Did HH recently introduce this same address restriction when booking for others?

That was my understanding (based on what a Hilton agent explained to me over the phone), but perhaps that is not the case. Can someone clarify this?

Also, regarding Marriott, it was my understanding that points can be combined at the time of redeeming points - but only between family members. Is this the case?

aviator33 Sep 28, 2012 9:19 pm

Has anyone transferred MR points to another members account? T & C say it can't be done.

Can I transfer Membership Rewards points to another person's account?

No. The points accrued in your account are not transferable to any other person or account. For a complete description of the Membership Rewards program, please see the Terms and Conditions.

philemer Sep 28, 2012 9:45 pm


Originally Posted by muji (Post 19401618)
I believe that this is only if both parties have the Hawaiian Airlines credit card: http://www.hawaiianairlines.com/Hawa...es/share-miles

Only the receiving party needs to have the HA Visa card. Any HawaiianMiles member can give miles to a Hawaiian Airlines Visa® cardholder — free of charge*.

im.daniel Sep 29, 2012 12:37 am

Qantas - one transfer a year.

olddallas Sep 29, 2012 7:58 am


Originally Posted by mia (Post 19401671)
SPG is a hotel program, already mentioned in post #1. Points earned with an SPG credit card are automatically deposited in the cardholder's SPG account and the card issuer has no further involvement.

SPG (Starwood) transfers of points between same address members and then allows transfers to a large number of airline programs with a nice bonus if transferring 20,000 points (gets 25,000 miles on many airlines). This allows good earning and a great deal of flexibility. I understand that the UR program has a far more limited list of airlines that omits both American and Delta. Note that United has a transfer ratio of 2 SPG pts to 1 mile which is rather poor. In my experience transfer between SPG members has been instant and SPG to airlines takes about a week, but others have reported longer delays.


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