frequent flyer programs....

[wheelerkidz3]

do you have to enter each passenger individually to get miles? or how do they work? if i have a family of 6 flying...do we each need our own account? or does it all get credited to one account when dh buys the tickets?

 

[dudspizza]

do you have to enter each passenger individually to get miles? or how do they work? if i have a family of 6 flying...do we each need our own account? or does it all get credited to one account when dh buys the tickets?

each person has to have their own unique account. The miles are earned by an individual and cannot be shared....... some programs allow you to give your miles another person, with a hefty fee.

Duds

 

[wheelerkidz3]

ugh...we've flown numerous times before...but i've never signed anyone up for this!! kicking myself now!
so can we all be signed up using the same email addy? or are they all gonna need a unique email too?

 

[pr surfer]

Each program is different, but to avoid any potential conflicts as far as the rules of each program are concerned, it's best to use different e-mail addresses for each person. I also suggest to only select one airline per partnership for legacy carriers (ie, pick United, US Air or Continental for Star Alliance, Delta for Skyteam, and AA for OneWorld)

 

[dudspizza]

As stated, each airline will be different when it comes to the email address. I am a member of a bunch of FF programs.

AA and Sun Country allowed me to use the same email address, while Airtran requires a different email for each person.

Best of luck.

Duds

 

[uva185]

British Airways has an option called household accounts. Each flyer has their own frequent flyer number but the miles are pooled together into one household account... I personally think this is a great option for larger families who do not fly often enough for each flyer to earn their own ticket but as a family could easily earn enough miles for multiple tickets per year.

With a British Airways account you can earn miles on any One World airlines (which includes American Airlines) and I believe you can also earn miles on Alaskan Airlines. You can then redeem the miles on any One World airline.

 

[dudspizza]

British Airways has an option called household accounts. Each flyer has their own frequent flyer number but the miles are pooled together into one household account... I personally think this is a great option for larger families who do not fly often enough for each flyer to earn their own ticket but as a family could easily earn enough miles for multiple tickets per year.

With a British Airways account you can earn miles on any One World airlines (which includes American Airlines) and I believe you can also earn miles on Alaskan Airlines. You can then redeem the miles on any One World airline.

Nice!

 

[chamonix]

We primarily use American, and I manage all our accounts from one email. In the past I created separate emails for each of us (most Internet providers actually allow you to have several email accounts, for example, earthlink and mediacom give you at least 10, I think). When we used separate emails I just set them up to forward automatically to the one email account I actually used daily.

My dd has had an FF# account since she was an infant. Now that she's a teenager she has 100s of thousands of miles built up and gets her own free upgrades.

 

[chamonix]

Also, on AA, you can enter each person (after you have created their accounts) as "companions" on your account so whenever you make a reservation all their info is already pulled up and available to just click and add them to the reservation. Makes it quick and easy to book your flights!