Amex MR points to Emirates Skywards in different name?

[Wally1976]

Hi, does anyone know if it’s possible for my wife to transfer her Amex MR points to MY Emirates Skywards account (same surname and address)? TIA

[Carlos]

No but you can create a family pool account and share

[Wally1976]

Thanks Carlos, I’ll look into it.

[Rob]

The problem with Emirates is that (unless it has been fixed, and it hasn’t been fixed for many years) you can only link 1 Amex account to an Emirates account. This would mean, for example, that I couldn’t transfer from my Bus Plat to my Emirates account because my personal Plat – which has its own MR account – is already linked.

If it wasn’t for this snag you may have been able to get away with it – some partners only check surnames.