Lufthansa Miles & More Is Introducing Mileage Pooling

Fantastic...finally! Thanks for sharing!

A real enhancement would be if M&M were to stop expiration of points after three years. That's a huge downside to their program.

Hey Lucky, you definitely can book BA awards for people not in your household......you just add them as a “friend” and it works exactly the same. I’ve got a full household and quite a few friends saved in my account.

As per https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/executive-club/household-accounts, you can add people other than family members

"Once you have a Household Account, you can create a list of family and friends, so you can spend your Household Avios on more people who are important to you, and who don't live at the same address as you."

You just have to go through the hassle of administering the list. They also get a bit annoyed if you make too many changes...

Is this only for Lufthansa, or will this work for non-Lufthansa Miles and More programs aswell? (Such as LOT Polish which uses the Miles and More program)

Asiana also allows pooling for immediate family.

Hey Ben, would that work also for status miles or just award miles? Cheers from Italy

@ Larry -- Unfortunately just award miles.

Expiring miles and stingy First Class avail ability equals a no go for me

Thanks for the reply Ben, still better tha no pooling!

I’d say the major downsides to British Airways are:

1. Mediocre airline for Business Class travel.

2. Numbingly high fuel surcharges TATL.

3. Most connections go through London Heathrow, which is its own distinct hell.

Then I’d put the details of Household Accounts.

Wait: Need to put before Household Accounts the fees required to pick a seat at booking, even if flying in Business and paying $500 or more in fees for a OW TATL ticket.

@TravelinWilly - not if you use the credit cards by milesandmore....then miles do not expire as long as you spend more than 3000€ per year (earn 1500 miles with your card).

@Adam - should work for all Miles&More since it is the same programm but branded differently.

VA do it as well and they allow status

https://www.velocityfrequentflyer.com/content/Info/FamilyPooling/

Is this launched? I cannot seem to find details anywhere.