Q&A for How to Transfer United Airline Miles

Generally you can transfer credit card points to frequent flyer points, but not the reverse unfortunately.

You can easily transfer miles from your account to another MileagePlus member. Mileage transfers cost $7.50 per 500 miles, plus a processing fee of $30 per transaction.

Generally you can’t transfer points from one program to another nor can you combine two different points together, even if both programs are in the same airline alliance.

Miles aren't transferable upon the death of the account holder, but the airline lets groups of family or friends pool their points, and if a deceased account holder was part of a points pool, the remaining members could redeem the miles.