United Airlines lets passengers pool frequent flyer miles

United Airlines is letting its astir loyal passengers harvester their hose miles pinch friends and family members.

Groups of up to 5 MileagePlus members tin now stock and redeem miles into 1 linked account, according to United. 

JetBlue, Frontier and Spirit already person pooling programs disposable to customers.

United cited information from nan Family Travel Association indicating that a mostly of parents are concerned astir recreation affordability, fixed nan existent economy. 

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While 81% of parents said they are apt to recreation successful 2024, astir 60% opportunity affordability is an ongoing situation to family travel, according to nan 2023 Family Travel Association yearly family recreation survey.

United Airlines airplanes proceed to a runway astatine Newark Liberty International Airport connected January 27, 2024, successful Newark, New Jersey.  (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images / Getty Images)

The caller "pooling" norm intends to return immoderate of nan financial load away, United said, adding that moreover nan youngest family members tin contribute. 

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For instance, if a group of friends is readying a summertime trip, and each of them has a MileagePlus account, they tin harvester their miles aliases "select magnitude of their individual miles into 1 cardinal 'pool' that tin beryllium utilized to acquisition flights and offset nan costs of summons prices," nan bearer said.

A United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner craft connected last attack to Athens International Airport. (Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images / Fox News)

It's different measurement to promote flyers to subordinate its loyalty programme correct earlier nan chaotic summertime recreation play kicks off. 

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The programme is free to join, and it rewards passengers erstwhile they alert aliases partake successful definite activities and experiences. Pooling will not impact an individual's Premier status, United said.

The announcement comes aft United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby attempted to reassure flyers successful a missive that nan bearer is looking into nan drawstring of incidents that person precocious progressive its planes, from motor and structural issues to a instrumentality falling disconnected during takeoff.