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How can you transfer United Mileage Plus Miles from one United account to another without paying a fee?

• I understand that there is no published way to transfer miles from one account to another without a fee. I am looking for unpublished or undiscovered workarounds or loopholes that allow you to either (a) transfer miles from one account to another or (b) book an award ticket through one account and transfer ownership of that award ticket to another account without fee or penalty. More context: I'm Premier SIlver with 200,000 award miles and my significant other is Premier Platinum with 150,000 award miles. We want to use my miles to book award travel, but her Platinum benefits of no change, close-in or redeposit fees. One thought I've had is to book both of our tickets using my account and then call United and plead with them to transfer the reservation to her account for the aforementioned benefits. Unlikely, I know. That's why I posted this question…

• Answer:

  The best you can do here is book an award ticket for another person. This works the way you expect — book the award ticket and say that the traveler is (whoever is flying). Some limited room for creativity here, e.g. if you do not have enough miles for a round-trip award in a single account, book two one-ways with two accounts. (Um, not to be too morbid, but this is often the recommended strategy if a family member has died — UA will charge a fee to transfer your deceased spouse's miles to your account, so a preferred strategy is to never tell United that they died, and just log in to their account online and spend down their miles as needed.)