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    Is this possible?

    224 posts

    My gut feeling is “no”, I think Rob did an article on this once upon a time.

    383 posts

    https://www.headforpoints.com/2021/02/23/what-can-you-do-with-american-express-membership-rewards-points-2/

    Can I transfer to another persons frequent flyer account?
    This is a common question – and the answer is ‘No’.

    If you can’t do that then you definitely won’t be able to transfer to another Amex account.

    1,612 posts

    If you know where you want the points to end up, and if it’s an airline, you could go via Marriott, as they allow transfers between members, and transfer out to a very long list of airline partners. No way of keeping the points in Amex when combining them.

    HfP Staff
    2,770 posts

    It used to be possible but was stopped a few years ago.

    There are ways around it – Radisson and Nectar transfers don’t (at least didn’t) require name recognition so can be transferred anywhere, whilst BA, Hilton, Marriott allow free transfers, pooling or household accounts.

    511 posts

    Marriott transfers from Amex don’t seem to have particularly strict name checking if that helps.

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    If you can figure out a way of letting me PM you there’s probably a way of doing it with significant complexity but worth it if you’re trying to transfer a significantly high number.

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