Can I earn miles with the skyteam program if a friend of mine buy the ticket for me?
I'm new with any kind of miles program and I am wondering some questions. As assumption I'm considering the SkyTeam program.
- If a friend of my mine buy two ticket one for him and one for me, he'll receive all the miles or he can claim his miles and I can claim mine also if he paid everything? Assuming I'll register to the miles program.
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There are several reasons for the "flyer earns" general rule. Consider some scenarios if "payer earns" would happen:
I'm a frequent traveler so I put an ad on Craigslist where I offer X% off your ticket if I book it (and you PayPal me the rest). I pocketed the miles which to an infrequent traveler is practically useless anyways.
I am a big company and I am spending ten of millions of dollars a year on flying my people all around. All the miles land in the laps of the board of directors.
Mileage runs already happen can you imagine the insanity that would commence if you wouldn't be required to actually fly it? Check for example http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/21758192-post4.html
And so on.
Edit: a mileage run is when someone flies for the sole purpose of accruing miles to achieve status. People already try to find the maximum mileage for the dollar. Very few people do this mostly because of the required time investment and because flying 10-20-40 hours in one go is not fun to most people. If you would not need to fly, everyone would do it.
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In order to earn miles, the airline shown on your ticket (marketing carrier) and the operating airline must both be SkyTeam members, and you must purchase a fare that qualifies for earning miles. You can check if you qualify for earning miles and how many miles you will earn on your frequent flyer program's website.Can I use my frequent flyer number for someone else united?
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Some airlines run a separate scheme where the payer can also earn some kind of credit towards future flights. This is typically aimed at small businesses.
But the usual rules are that the passenger, not the purchaser earns. The reason is very simple, to drive repeat business from the passenger, both in his personal capacity and in his ability to influence the purchaser.
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