Hi Kristin,

You have a few options to consider. The first is to find one person with enough miles who would like to donate them to you. Alternatively, many airlines offer a charity program that allows individuals to donate miles to a specific cause. However, usually these are pre-established charities and I am not sure they will be very helpful in polling together miles for you. You will probably want to check with the airline with whom your donors have the most miles. Lastly, my best suggestion is that most airlines allow individuals to purchase miles. For example, here is how the program with Delta Airlines works: SkyMiles can be purchased in the form of vouchers worth either 500, 1,000 or 5,000 miles, with a minimum order of $1,200 (60,000 miles) plus a $75 administrative fee. You can redeem the SkyRewards vouchers by mail with Delta and then the miles are automatically posted to your SkyMiles account. This might provide you with the opportunity to have your donors poll together their funds. Then you will have the flexibility to travel when you need to.