Loan of miles
Oct 3, 2004 | 3:23 pm
#1
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Location: Louisville, KY, USA
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Loan of miles
I want to loan a good friend 40,000 DL skymiles. Can it be done?
He is short 40,000 miles and is trying to buy 2 business class seats. I would like to loan him the 40,000. I have lots of Skymiles and also AMEX MR points. Can I direct miles to him via AMEX or Delta or otherwise?
He is short 40,000 miles and is trying to buy 2 business class seats. I would like to loan him the 40,000. I have lots of Skymiles and also AMEX MR points. Can I direct miles to him via AMEX or Delta or otherwise?
Oct 3, 2004 | 6:33 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Roswell, GA USA
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per terms & conditions of all mileage/rewards cards/flight programs, there is no sharing/loaning/selling/gifiting etc.
I know on delta one person can buy & gift skymiles, but you can not gift skymiles from the bank that you have already.
believe me, I wish there was a way.
I know on delta one person can buy & gift skymiles, but you can not gift skymiles from the bank that you have already.
believe me, I wish there was a way.
Oct 3, 2004 | 8:19 pm
#3
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You could get an award seat in his name, but the miles would have to come from your account.
I believe that you can only do this over the phone. The online tool to book award seats automatically defaults to the skymiles member's name.
I am a member of AMEX MR points also--my assumption is that when you link a Skymiles account to your MR account, the names need to match. I have not read that anywhere nor have I tried to link a Skymiles account to my MR account that wasn't mine.
I believe that you can only do this over the phone. The online tool to book award seats automatically defaults to the skymiles member's name.
I am a member of AMEX MR points also--my assumption is that when you link a Skymiles account to your MR account, the names need to match. I have not read that anywhere nor have I tried to link a Skymiles account to my MR account that wasn't mine.
Oct 4, 2004 | 5:05 am
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Originally Posted by chicagorich
You could get an award seat in his name, but the miles would have to come from your account.
That is true but it would be like loaning 90,000 miles and this would take my friend forever to repay.
Originally Posted by chicagorich
I am a member of AMEX MR points also--my assumption is that when you link a Skymiles account to your MR account, the names need to match. I have not read that anywhere nor have I tried to link a Skymiles account to my MR account that wasn't mine.