Frequent Flyer Points: How To Earn More Air Miles With Kids

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Frequent flyer programmes have been around for many years, and now gaining children’s loyalty is beginning to gather more momentum, with some airlines promoting this service amongst many other child friendly initiatives. These rewards schemes work similarly to the adult memberships and can make an important difference to your points account and help towards those family holidays or vacations.

Some schemes are purely points for the child member, which can be exchanged for flights, toys, experiences etc. Other child memberships allow the kids points to be added to a parents’ account, whereas others allow them to contribute to the ‘household’ points often known as family ‘pooling’.

U.S. airlines with family pooling

Every major US airline allows kids to accrue miles in a frequent flyer account, as long as they are traveling on their own ticket and have their own seat. This includes infant but only if they have bought and paid for their own seat. Below are details of US airlines which allow also family pooling. Sadly, only three of the top 10 U.S. airlines allow family pooling for little to no cost – but as always there are conditions on most.

JetBlue TrueBlue (free to pool)

JetBlue allows both family and friends (up to seven people) to pool miles for free.

Frontier Airlines

Family Pooling is potentially available for up to eight people, but only if the head member in the pool has either Frontier Airlines elite status or a U.S. cobranded card. More information is here if you qualify – Frontier Family Pooling.

Hawaiian Airlines

The Hawaiian Airlines HawaiianMiles programme will allow members to give miles to a Hawaiian Airlines U.S. primary credit or debit cardholder for free.

Other airlines with family pooling or equivalent

Aeromexico

Aegean

Air Canada’s Aeroplan

Air France

ANA

British Airways

The British Airways Avios programme accepts children from birth. The primary member needs to manage the account but points can either be spent from individuals accounts or linked into a ‘household’ account. With a household account, every family member can help build up the points as well as spend them. With BA, the child receives the same amount of points as an adult does.

Etihad

The Etihad Guest programme offers a Family Membership that permits up to nine family members to pool their miles together. Eligible family members include brothers, sisters, father, mother, spouse, children, grandchildren, grandparents, parents-in-law, step-parents, step-children, step-siblings, step-grandchildren, nieces, nephews and a maid.

Emirates

My Family Eligible Family Bonus Members include amongst others, children, grand children, step- children and maids! Each Family bonus member must be over 2 years of age, and they earn 20% for the Family Head’s account. If they are a member of Skywards or Skyflyers then they can’t own Skywards Miles or Tier Miles in their own right when travelling on a Family Bonus membership number. Emirates Skywards My Family allows you to pool miles that your family members earn from flying Emirates. This excludes partner flights and other ways to earn Emirates Skywards Miles.

EgyptAir

Japan Airlines

Korean Air

Lufthansa Miles & More

Norweigan

Qantas

Qatar Airways

Virgin Australia

Virgin Atlantic

Only Gold elite status members of the Virgin Atlantic Flying Club can create a Household Account.

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