Replying to Having Someone Else Redeem for You

I was wondering about this myself. I've got a friend with a large surplus of points in his account (he bought them since it was going to be cheaper than buying the ticket in question, but hilarity ensued and he ended up paying cash instead).

That's why I don't fly BA. Besides, they don't fly from PVD to KIN! (AE does @ 150 MPH - but it doesn't stop - unless I'm on it!)

Is there a loyalty program that won't let you book for someone else?

There's always at least one exception to any rule. If you have a British Airways household account, you pool all household miles into one total, but can only book travel for persons who are listed as members of that household.

Thanks for all the responses. I have booked travel for my daughter using airlines miles, but that was online. I didn't know if it was any different for train travel since you have to call. Have a great day!

OK maybe I was mistaken, but I didn't think you could use airline miles on some airlines to book travel for someone else if you weren't also traveling on the same itinerary. But excuse my ignorance if I am totally wrong about that!

I'm not aware of any airline that requires the redeeming member to be on the itinerary. I've redeemed award travel for my daughter.

Many airlines use fraud detection programs to look for redemption patterns that suggest the member is selling award travel to strangers. If a member has multiple instances of redemptions for others who are not obviously related to the member, the member may get questioned about the activity. However, a one-off redemption for a non-related person is usually not a problem.

OK maybe I was mistaken, but I didn't think you could use airline miles on some airlines to book travel for someone else if you weren't also traveling on the same itinerary. But excuse my ignorance if I am totally wrong about that!

I sent my BIL to Poland (where he is from so he could see his 80 year old father) using my FFM! On his return, because they have a low, medium and high redemption value (depending on how many seats are sold), coach was 100,000 miles and First Class was 80,000 miles! Guess which I picked for him? (And it was a daytime flight too!)

OK maybe I was mistaken, but I didn't think you could use airline miles on some airlines to book travel for someone else if you weren't also traveling on the same itinerary. But excuse my ignorance if I am totally wrong about that!

Not that I know of!

Is there a loyalty program that won't let you book for someone else?

This is one of the reasons that AGR rocks - you can use your points to book travel for someone else.