Yes, as of the present time (May 2009) SkyMiles awards may be used to purchase a ticket for someone other than the SkyMiles account holder.
However, the ticket cannot be transferred to someone else after it is purchased, and sales or barter of award tickets is prohibited.
With Delta Airlines Skymiles this is possible. Pay for the ticket partially in miles and pay cash for the balance.
Yes, Delta SkyMiles can be used for partial payment on a flight booking through the "Pay with Miles" option, where you can use miles to reduce the cost of the ticket.
Latrell recently used his Delta Skymiles to purchase a free roundtrip ticket to Milan, Italy (value $1,200). The frequent flyer miles used to purchase the ticket were generated from Latrell's business travel as a CPA. Latrell's employer paid for his business trips, and he was not taxed on the travel reimbursement.Use an available tax research service to determine how much income, if any, does Latrell have to recognize as a result of purchasing an airline ticket with Skymiles earned from business travel.
For someone who is a frequent flyer, a frequent flyer program allows the customer to earn miles or points that one can exchange for another plane ticket, purchasing hotel rooms, renting cars or general shopping.
Usually 25,000 for a round trip ticket
then the ticket isn't for you and you steal someone identity and ticket an apologize to the person today immediately
It is possible for someone else to purchase a plane ticket for you.
Has someone used my card to purchase a plane ticket?
Many frequent flier programs allow you to buy a limited number of miles if you're short of the amount you need to redeem for a ticket. Unless you have most of the miles needed, you might be better off simply buying the ticket and saving your miles for later.
United it seems. More choices for award ticket
February 1/1996 Passengers traveling on any of Northwest's 33 daily Chicago O'Hare-Minneapolis/St. Paul flights could choose electronic ticket instead of traditional paper oneNorthwest Airlines issued the 1st electronic ticket, what year was this?
Someone won the Wii Ticket but the oother ones are still out there!