Emirates - Family bonus account with multiple frequent flyers
Me and two other family members all have skywards accounts and are currently all accumulating miles on our own.
Does the family bonus program allow me to earn 20% of their miles on top of them earning their usual sky miles, or does the family program only allow me to earn 20% of the miles they flew and thus give no option of allowing them to accumulate their own miles as they did before?
Best Answer
When you sign up for the family program, Emirates assigns a new number to each family member you name.
If your family members want to accrue miles for a flight, they would provide the numbers for their individual accounts. If they want to credit you through the family plan, they should use the new number associated with the family plan. You don't have to be flying with them, but you only earn 20% of the mileage they would have earned on their own.
If you think about the purpose of loyalty programs, it would make no sense for Emirates to award full mileage to someone and another 20% to a family member who is not even flying, but regardless, it's also explicitly stated in the Skywards Terms and Conditions:
- A Family Bonus Member, after his/her Family Bonus programme enrolment, earns 20% of the Skywards Miles a normal (i.e. Blue) Member would earn on Qualifying Flights and these Skywards Miles are added to the Family Head's Account. A Family Bonus Member earns no Skywards Miles or Tier Miles in their own right when travelling on a Family Bonus membership number.
- A Family Bonus Member may also be a Member but cannot earn Miles in each membership capacity for the same Qualifying Flight(s).
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How do I combine my Emirates accounts?
Join My Family to combine your Skywards Miles and enjoy rewards together, faster. Give your My Family account a name and choose the percentage of Miles you'd like to contribute. Earn Miles with Emirates, flydubai and our partners, then pool all or a percentage of your Miles into your My Family account.Can I use my Emirates frequent flyer number for someone else?
If you can't quite reach a particular reward, transfer your Skywards Miles to family or friends so you can combine them in one account and make your Miles go further. You can transfer Miles at a cost of USD 15 per 1,000 Miles and you can transfer up to a maximum of 50,000 in a year.Can you add family members to Emirates skywards?
You can invite any members of your immediate family to join. If they're not already Emirates Skywards members, they'll just need to register first before you can add them.How do I add a child to my Emirates Skywards account?
How do I link a Skysurfers or a minor account to my Skywards account? If you already have a My Family account, you can simply add your child as a family member. You have to be the Family Head in the My Family account and your child has to already be a Skywards Skysurfer member for you to add them.What is a Frequent Flyer Program? How do you choose one? How do you use it?
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