Crediting miles to a different account

[aussiebochur]

I'm sure this has been discussed before but I couldn't find anything doing a search.

My little bro has a bunch of MP miles that expired. United has a challenge whereby if in the first year after expiration you pay $199 and fly r/t they will recredit the miles. The issue is that my brother won't be flying in that period and is not old enough to be MRing. So I was wondering, is it possible when I fly to put in his MP#, he'll get the miles and then subsequently the expired miles as well.
Any input would be appreciated.

[moe]

how many miles were in the account? is it even worth it? did you try speaking to a manager to reinstate it without paying?

[aussiebochur]

how many miles were in the account? is it even worth it? did you try speaking to a manager to reinstate it without paying?

Its almost 70,000 so I think it is worth it. I spoke to about 5 people at United and they all said the only way to get them reinstated is by doing the challenge.

[eliteflyer]

Ive seen miles sometimes get credited through and sometimes denied by different carriers.
I suspect that if the flights are actually on United, the likelihood is less that his number would stick to your ticket.

As always YMMV

[Lou Bob]

YOU SPOKE TO 5 PEOPLE AT UNITED??? how did you understand them??? lol