Family Plan question
Oct 27, 2014, 2:44 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Apr 2012
Programs: Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 46
Family Plan question
First time booking award ticket on Korean. From reading blogs, I saw that if I were to book an award ticket for myself and my wife, I'd need to add her to the family plan.
It asks for proof of relationship. What did you submit? It says it takes 1-2 weeks when doing it online. Is there a faster way?
It asks for proof of relationship. What did you submit? It says it takes 1-2 weeks when doing it online. Is there a faster way?
Oct 27, 2014, 9:51 pm
#2
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Left Coast
Posts: 862
We did this some years ago. IIRC, everyone needed a SkyPass number, and there was a form to fill out. I'm pretty sure I faxed them the form, plus scans of all our passports. It may be possible to submit these documents as PDF files now, but I have not checked.
Oct 28, 2014, 8:24 pm
#3
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: San Francisco
Programs: AS MVP Gold, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 700
We submitted a marriage certificate, all-in took about 15 minutes to find/scan it and Korean Air confirmed the family plan in a couple days.
It's a hassle, but totally worth it as it will provide ability to pool miles.
It's a hassle, but totally worth it as it will provide ability to pool miles.
Oct 29, 2014, 9:15 am
#4
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Gangnam-gu, Seoul, Korea
Programs: KE Skypass Morning Calm Member, OZ Club
Posts: 2,352
They are VERY adamant about a marriage certificate (or birth certificate if it's you and your parents or brother and sister). My friend just tried to set it all up.
Nov 6, 2014, 7:07 am
#5
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: BNE
Programs: KE/OZ/QF/VA
Posts: 68
Quickest way is to go in in-person and submit all the relevant forms and information. I had to do this a few years back and was approved on the day. Things might have changed now but you can always give it a try.
Oct 21, 2023, 7:07 pm
#6
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Boston's north shore
Programs: AS MVP Gold 75k, DL Silver Medallion
Posts: 298
Has anyone added a spouse to Family Plan recently from the USA?
The Korean Air webpage suggest a "tax report" would work, and I wonder if just the first page of a married filing jointly 1040 form will do it. Going down to the bank and digging my marriage certificate out of the safety deposit box would be less effort than redacting all the pages of the full filed US federal tax form, but I have a PDF of the tax form...
***edit to add***
I found a scanned copy of our (hand written by a registry office clerk in the UK) marriage certificate, and the Family Plan was activated within a day or so with no further questions, even though we are Americans. So no help for future users hoping to use tax docs, but foreign marriage docs seem readily accepted.
The Korean Air webpage suggest a "tax report" would work, and I wonder if just the first page of a married filing jointly 1040 form will do it. Going down to the bank and digging my marriage certificate out of the safety deposit box would be less effort than redacting all the pages of the full filed US federal tax form, but I have a PDF of the tax form...
***edit to add***
I found a scanned copy of our (hand written by a registry office clerk in the UK) marriage certificate, and the Family Plan was activated within a day or so with no further questions, even though we are Americans. So no help for future users hoping to use tax docs, but foreign marriage docs seem readily accepted.
Last edited by willoL; Oct 23, 2023 at 5:17 pm Reason: Resolved