Transferring points between accounts?

[MH_fan]

What is the maximum allowable number of points/miles that can be transferred between accounts at any one time? Are there restrictions on time frames (e.g. once a calendar year, once a month, etc.)? What is the fee for transferring points/miles (if there is one)? And do the transferred miles have an expiry of 3 years from when they are transferred or do they still have their original expiry date?

Sorry for all the questions. I'm not very familiar with the SQ programme and am trying to save miles that are due to expire from a relative's account.

 

[deluxeflyer]

What is the maximum allowable number of points/miles that can be transferred between accounts at any one time? Are there restrictions on time frames (e.g. once a calendar year, once a month, etc.)? What is the fee for transferring points/miles (if there is one)? And do the transferred miles have an expiry of 3 years from when they are transferred or do they still have their original expiry date?

Sorry for all the questions. I'm not very familiar with the SQ programme and am trying to save miles that are due to expire from a relative's account.

Short answer - unfortunately with KF, can't transfer miles between accounts. And that's pretty much it.

 

[MH_fan]

Dammit! How annoying!!! Thanks for clarifying.

 

[mistado]

You could use the points or top it up to book a flight in the future before they expire if it helps- have done it before.

 

[Spizz]

Apologies for the very old post bump. I have 2 of my familys account with points that won't be used. Around 10k in each. Since KF doesn't allow transferring or family pooling with the VA transfer alliance there is another option I'm looking at but I will take a 50% hit. Transfer both lots of points to VA and there respective accounts, family transfer the points, and then transfer back to my SQ account. I would only do this if the points were about to expire.

Seems like a waste but might be an option for those whom can use points in an orphan account, that would otherwise go to waste.

 

[Fiches Mouser]

Apologies for the very old post bump. I have 2 of my familys account with points that won't be used. Around 10k in each. Since KF doesn't allow transferring or family pooling with the VA transfer alliance there is another option I'm looking at but I will take a 50% hit. Transfer both lots of points to VA and there respective accounts, family transfer the points, and then transfer back to my SQ account. I would only do this if the points were about to expire.

Seems like a waste but might be an option for those whom can use points in an orphan account, that would otherwise go to waste.

It's actually an issue I'm dealing with – I need to get miles from family member's KF account to my own. Will probably end up doing exactly that.

 

[Eggsbenedict]

It's actually an issue I'm dealing with – I need to get miles from family member's KF account to my own. Will probably end up doing exactly that.

This loop hole seems to easy so I'm sure it does not work. Can you book a reward flight and then cancel , Would the points time reset?

 

[Fiches Mouser]

This loop hole seems to easy so I'm sure it does not work. Can you book a reward flight and then cancel , Would the points time reset?

Sorry not quite sure what you mean?

It's easy because it's devalues your points almost by half. It's divided by 1.35 when you move to VFF, then by another 1.35 when you move back to KF.

10,000 KF miles becomes 5,487.

 

[Eggsbenedict]

Sorry nothing to do with the transfer to VA- If your KF points are going to expire could you use them to book a reward flight and then cancel the booking and get the points refunded. Would these be considered new points and therefore restart the time.

Sorry not quite sure what you mean?

It's easy because it's devalues your points almost by half. It's divided by 1.35 when you move to VFF, then by another 1.35 when you move back to KF.

10,000 KF miles becomes 5,487.

 

[Fiches Mouser]

Sorry nothing to do with the transfer to VA- If your KF points are going to expire could you use them to book a reward flight and then cancel the booking and get the points refunded. Would these be considered new points and therefore restart the time.

Interesting... hadn't thought of that.

 

[Spizz]

Sorry nothing to do with the transfer to VA- If your KF points are going to expire could you use them to book a reward flight and then cancel the booking and get the points refunded. Would these be considered new points and therefore restart the time.

This scenario I mention is if you have orphan points in a seperate account you want to use that are going to go to waste or that you need.

 

[Eggsbenedict]

Fair enough,

This scenario I mention is if you have orphan points in a seperate account you want to use that are going to go to waste or that you need.

 

[cove]

No my partner had booked flights and the points dates did not reset when the flights were cancelled.

 

[Beta4Me]

No my partner had booked flights and the points dates did not reset when the flights were cancelled.

So does that mean...if you had 100K points expiring tomorrow and today you booked a flight 6 months out and then cancelled it 2 days from now you would never get those points back as they're 'expired'? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

 

[burmans]

So does that mean...if you had 100K points expiring tomorrow and today you booked a flight 6 months out and then cancelled it 2 days from now you would never get those points back as they're 'expired'? That doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me.

Not sure why not, if you hadn't booked the flight they would have expired. And the cancellation just returns them to the state they would have been in.

Regardless of whether it makes sense of not, thems the rules.