Buying Two Tickets - Where's the Policy?
Sep 19, 2017, 9:17 am
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Buying Two Tickets - Where's the Policy?
Alluded to this on the domestic wide body thread, but will expand here. On 27-Jan, I'm flying MEL>PVG>LAX and get in at 5:20 PM. I then need to get to MSN/MKE/CHI and there are no non-red eye options. I was going to get a hotel at LAX, recharge and fly home the next day. However, I saw that there is an LAX>ATL(then>MSN) flight on an A333 which is far more palatable than a B757/737 with the because of 2x4x2 layout and wider seats.
I bought the ticket (it's only $177) and am wait listed for a RUC. I have had bad luck on LAX<>ATL even with RUC's, although I don't think any of them had 34 F seats like the A333 will. I'm Plat now but will likely be Diamond by then, though I am debating getting close and rolling over a ton - depends upon if they pull the Amex waiver.
Since the fare is only $177, and the seat next to me in the 2 section is open, I was thinking of doing a 24 hour cancel and then buying 2 seats. At $354, it's still 1/2 of the $767 price for F. But it won't let me buy two seats for myself as it is specifically giving me a warning (tried before I bought the single one). How does one go about buying 2 seats for oneself? Are they both eligible for UG to C+? If I did it, would I then split the PNR after the C+ upgrade to improve my chances for the single upgrade?
Just musing a few things. I am 5'11", 180#, so not the biggest guy in the world but I am broad shouldered and just don't want to have to risk being next to someone big after being in air for 24 hours and a 6 hour layover already. The thought of having a 2 section in C+ on an A333 for $354 seems quite palatable to me, especially if I just even pull the RUC for a more likely candidate for success.
I bought the ticket (it's only $177) and am wait listed for a RUC. I have had bad luck on LAX<>ATL even with RUC's, although I don't think any of them had 34 F seats like the A333 will. I'm Plat now but will likely be Diamond by then, though I am debating getting close and rolling over a ton - depends upon if they pull the Amex waiver.
Since the fare is only $177, and the seat next to me in the 2 section is open, I was thinking of doing a 24 hour cancel and then buying 2 seats. At $354, it's still 1/2 of the $767 price for F. But it won't let me buy two seats for myself as it is specifically giving me a warning (tried before I bought the single one). How does one go about buying 2 seats for oneself? Are they both eligible for UG to C+? If I did it, would I then split the PNR after the C+ upgrade to improve my chances for the single upgrade?
Just musing a few things. I am 5'11", 180#, so not the biggest guy in the world but I am broad shouldered and just don't want to have to risk being next to someone big after being in air for 24 hours and a 6 hour layover already. The thought of having a 2 section in C+ on an A333 for $354 seems quite palatable to me, especially if I just even pull the RUC for a more likely candidate for success.
Sep 19, 2017, 9:22 am
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Sep 19, 2017, 9:30 am
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Sep 19, 2017, 10:55 am
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AFAIK the extra seat isn't upgrade eligible. They may have changed it, but wasn't last time I asked.
Sep 19, 2017, 12:06 pm
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Sep 19, 2017, 12:39 pm
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Sep 19, 2017, 12:43 pm
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(ours was for an international flight - lots of fun at the airport as they tried to figure out what to do in the computer when it asked for the passport for that seat
Ended up putting my husband's in again - since it was his extra seat....)
Sep 19, 2017, 1:15 pm
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You could take a tack from musicians and buy a $40 violin at a pawn shop or used instrument store in LA that will have its own seat:
The other option? Buy your instrument a seat.
"My cello has his own frequent flier account," says Cristina Wallace, a professional entrepreneur and amateur musician. Though she does so less now, Wallace used to fly with her cello three to four times a year. He even has a name, according to his mileage card: "Mr. Cello Wallace. He has points."
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/articl...eat/index.html"My cello has his own frequent flier account," says Cristina Wallace, a professional entrepreneur and amateur musician. Though she does so less now, Wallace used to fly with her cello three to four times a year. He even has a name, according to his mileage card: "Mr. Cello Wallace. He has points."
Beaver, 33, a member of the Nebraska-based Chiara String Quartet, said he had already bought a coach ticket for the instrument — which requires its own boarding pass, has a frequent-flier account and has already racked up tens of thousands of miles.
http://nypost.com/2010/07/05/musicia...o-first-class/
Sep 19, 2017, 1:23 pm
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You could take a tack from musicians and buy a $40 violin at a pawn shop or used instrument store in LA that will have its own seat:
The other option? Buy your instrument a seat.
"My cello has his own frequent flier account," says Cristina Wallace, a professional entrepreneur and amateur musician. Though she does so less now, Wallace used to fly with her cello three to four times a year. He even has a name, according to his mileage card: "Mr. Cello Wallace. He has points."
http://edition.cnn.com/travel/articl...eat/index.html"My cello has his own frequent flier account," says Cristina Wallace, a professional entrepreneur and amateur musician. Though she does so less now, Wallace used to fly with her cello three to four times a year. He even has a name, according to his mileage card: "Mr. Cello Wallace. He has points."
Beaver, 33, a member of the Nebraska-based Chiara String Quartet, said he had already bought a coach ticket for the instrument — which requires its own boarding pass, has a frequent-flier account and has already racked up tens of thousands of miles.
http://nypost.com/2010/07/05/musicia...o-first-class/
Sep 19, 2017, 1:56 pm
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When you buy an extra seat, you WILL have to scan 2 boarding passes when you board, and the 2nd will say something like "BergaminiXSEAT".
The thread referred to upthread says some people had luck booking that online. I never did and called in - and the first time we did it, we still had to pay the call-in ticketing fee. Grr. I was super pissed with Delta that day. But it was the only way I could get my husband to Shanghai without paying business (I was NOT going to pay $7000 for D1 seats to PVG)
The thread referred to upthread says some people had luck booking that online. I never did and called in - and the first time we did it, we still had to pay the call-in ticketing fee. Grr. I was super pissed with Delta that day. But it was the only way I could get my husband to Shanghai without paying business (I was NOT going to pay $7000 for D1 seats to PVG)
Sep 19, 2017, 2:14 pm
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IIRC someone got in trouble for a musical instrument having its own FF account.
Sep 19, 2017, 5:21 pm
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Sep 19, 2017, 5:43 pm
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Personally, I'd just do the 24 hour cxl and crash at (pick your favorite LAX area sinkhole of a hotel). 8-10 hours of sleep in a bed > 4.5 hours on a flatbed (by a huuuge margin), not even factoring the 6 hour layover to kill. I've been stuck in lounges for extended periods many times during IRROPS after Intl longhauls, and I'd rather shoot myself.
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