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United is now allowing passengers to pool miles.
  • United Airlines now allows frequent flyers to pool miles in a joint account.
  • Miles pooled into the joint account can't be transferred back to individual accounts.
  • JetBlue and Frontier previously launched similar miles-pooling programs.

United Airlines now allows frequent flyers to pool miles with four other people in a joint account, the airline said in a press release on Thursday.