Donate Frequent Flier Miles

You Hold the Ticket to a Child’s Wish.^SM

Donate your frequent flier miles and help the Make-A-Wish Foundation^® of Minnesota make wishes come true.

Every 27 hours a wish is granted in Minnesota. You can help these wishes come true. The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Minnesota is committed to including each child’s family in the wish experience.

Wish kids love to travel! Last year, more than 70 percent of the Foundation’s wishes involved travel. For many wishes, travel is the biggest expense.

Below is a snapshot of some of the travel wishes fulfilled through the generosity of our airline sponsors and donors like you:

• John, 16, wished to go to Hawaii
• Cole, 15 , wished to go to Key West for a marine life experience
• Cullen, 15, wished to go to Washington D.C.
• Jazlynn, 7, wished to go to Walt Disney World^® Resort.

Fast facts about travel wishes:

• Percentage of wishes involving travel: More than 70 percent
• Average number of miles needed for one domestic round-trip ticket: 50,000
• Average number of miles needed for one international round-trip ticket: 150,000
• Average cost of a round-trip airline ticket: $750
• Number of miles need to grant all Minnesota wishes involving travel annually: 75 million
• Number of round-trip tickets needed to grant wishes involving travel annually: 725 (based on an average wish family size of 5)

Many major airlines – including Delta, Continental, United and US Airways – enable frequent flier program members to donate to the Foundation. And once the miles are donated, they never expire.

Click here to donate airline miles to help make wishes come true!

For more information, please contact:
LaChelle Semanko
Director of Program Services
lsemanko@wishmn.org
(612) 767-2754