Family pooling and eligible sectors

[Jack_OC]

Question: I have familly pooling set up, with everyone pooling points and SCs to me. When someone else in this pool takes a flight, I know I get the points and SCs that they earn, but will I also get credited for the eligible sectors? Or do I still have to fly the required number of eligible sectors myself in order to move up status tiers?

The background to this is - I set up family pooling a while ago, but none of my family members have flown with VA since I did so. I now have an opportunity to gain enough SCs to go from red to Gold next month. However, I'm flying with EY, so I won't get any eligible sectors. I currently only have 2 eligible sectors, and they will be wiped before my return flight in December, so effecitvely I still need to get credit for 4 eligible sectors before moving up to Gold. I'm also booking domestic flights for my wife and kids to go and stay with the in laws when I'm away, so if I book them on VA, would their flights count as eligible sectors, and hence get me to Gold?

I have searched through this forum and the Velocity website but can't find an answer to this question, so I'd appreciate it if anyone can answer.

 

[maninblack]

Question: I have familly pooling set up, with everyone pooling points and SCs to me. When someone else in this pool takes a flight, I know I get the points and SCs that they earn, but will I also get credited for the eligible sectors? Or do I still have to fly the required number of eligible sectors myself in order to move up status tiers?

You have to fly the eligible sectors yourself.

You can though send your points and SC's to another family member and still clock up your eligible sectors yourself.

 

[Jack_OC]

You have to fly the eligible sectors yourself.

You can though send your points and SC's to another family member and still clock up your eligible sectors yourself.

Thanks for clarifying that, even though it's not what I wanted to hear!

It definitely makes sense to have everything crediting to me, as I do by far the most flying. Looks like I'll just have to organise some VA domestic travel for myself too! I do tend to travel with them a bit anyway, it's just that I've been crediting to EY. Now I'm planning to credit VA and EY travel to VA instead, as I've just worked out I can probably get to Platinum by April if I do so.