Airline miles are generally not portable. The exceptions are shared currencies, official family pooling, and bank transfer programmes.
Shared currencies
Several airlines share a single currency across separate programme wrappers, allowing balances to be combined under published rules while each programme keeps its own award pricing.
Family pooling and gifting
Many programmes let household members pool or gift miles, sometimes free and sometimes for a fee. This is the officially sanctioned route to consolidate.
Bank transfer programmes
Transferable bank points move into airline programmes at ratios the bank sets. The flow is one-directional and irreversible.
What is not possible
Direct airline-to-airline transfers between unrelated programmes generally do not exist. Anyone offering one should be treated with scepticism.
Key takeaways
• Shared currencies and family pooling are the legitimate consolidation routes.
• Bank transfers are one-way.
• Unrelated airline-to-airline transfers are not a real product.
Questions
Can I move miles from one airline to another?
Only within a shared-currency family or via a bank programme that partners with both. Otherwise no.
Do transfers cost money?
Programme transfers often carry per-mile fees. Bank transfers are usually free but irreversible.
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