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How to Share Your Points With Anyone

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    Unlike international frequent flyer and hotel programs, none of the US based frequent flyer and hotel programs (with the exception of JetBlue and Hawaiian Airlines) allow family accounts AND they charge you to transfer miles.

    Sharing Points Means More Big Travel With Small Money!

    Note that you can usually book flights for others with your miles, so there isn’t a real need to transfer your miles to someone else.

    Ways US Based Flyers Can Share Miles

    But there are ways you can share miles and points without paying a fee.

    1.   Book Award Seats for Anyone

    You don’t have to pay a fee to transfer airline miles because you can book an award seat for anyone using your airline miles.

    The only difference in booking an award seat for yourself and someone else is that you put their name instead of yours in the traveler information section.

    You Can Book an Award Seat for Anyone Using Your Miles

    2.   Book Hotel Award Nights for Anyone

    You can also use your hotel points to book a room for anyone.

    Most hotels will allow you to add the other person’s name on the reservation.  Then you simply call to let the hotel know that the other person will check-in first.

    Programs That Allow Free Point Transfers

    You can also transfer some or all of your Chase Ultimate Rewards points & Starwood Preferred Guest points to others.  But there are a few restrictions.

    1.   Chase Ultimate Rewards

    You can transfer Ultimate Rewards points earned from your Chase Sapphire Preferred, Ink Bold, and Ink Plus cards to another person’s account IF they live in the same house for free.  But the terms say you can only transfer Ultimate Rewards points to your spouse or partner’s account.

    Only Spouses or Partners Can Transfer Ultimate Rewards

    I transferred Ultimate Rewards points from Emily’s account to my Hyatt account.

    Shhh, Don’t Tell Emily That I Transferred Her Ultimate Rewards Points to My Hyatt Account

    2.  Starwood Preferred Guest Starpoints

    Starwood Preferred Guest points can be transferred to someone in your household for free.

    Emily transferred Starwood points to my account which I then transferred to my American Airlines miles account.

    You Can Transfer Starwood Points for Free to Someone at the Same Address!

    Bottom Line

    You can use your miles and points to book an airline ticket or hotel room for someone else without paying a fee!

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