Pooling miles with family and friends is now possible with United Airlines' MileagePlus program, making family travel easier.
United Airlines allows up to five people to join a mile pooling group, managed by a leader over 18 on their website.
ITA Airways also launched AVVENTURA, a family pooling option for immediate family, with a limit of 100,000 non-qualifying Volare points annually.
Family travel is now easier
Earlier today, United Airlines became the first US airline to allow members of a loyalty program to pool miles with up to five people. MileagePlus pooling, as United calls it, is now available on its website. It encourages users to form groups to earn and redeem miles together, whether with family or friends. United highlighted that many families travel together, and it hopes to make it easier for them to do so.
In its announcement, United explained that the pool leader must be over 18 and can create the pool for free on the airline's website. Leaders then invite up to four people to join. Anyone wishing to enter a pool must have an active MileagePlus account, for which there is no age restriction. Once users log in to their accounts on the United website, they will be instructed on how to earn and redeem miles.

"We're always looking for new ways to provide the most value to all of our loyalty members and are proud to be the first major U.S. airline to allow our members to pool their miles with their loved ones and friends. MileagePlus miles pooling further reinforces United's position as the leader in family and group travel and gives our members more flexibility to use their miles while making it easier to connect to the destinations and moments that matter most, with the people that matter most." - Luc Bondar, Chief Operating Officer of MileagePlus