Originally Posted by
Downunder girl
Agreed
. I am in the same boat but waiting on SYD LAX and SFO SYD to clear 6 & 7 months out respectively. Almost empty seatmaps/cabins in Business
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In my case, we are 1K and 1P on same pnr. Should I split or not split? Mini DG is the 1P.
Different 1K agents I have spoken to, all said DONT split as they feel Mini DG will go way down the list of pax waiting for upgrades. I called them all ready to split pnr and that is what I was told
. Issue is that DM do sometimes only release one seat at a time.
Conventional FT wisdom has been that until the record goes to departure management (DM), the UG listing is based on the status of the UG sponsor NOT the traveler. Based on this logic, splitting is the right action if you believe IM is going to trickle out 1 seat at a time. Once the flt is under airport control, the 1P is technically on their own anyway. However, I have had a no status friend on my PNR get an op up when the gate op upped me.
(warning - anecdotal info worth absolutely nothing).
A final consideration is that sometimes splitting the record seems to generate a new listing date. IOW, you both may lose your place in line when the record is split and both are reinserted in the queue. Under prevalent FT logic, you will both be put back on the UG list under your 1K sponsorship, but the new request date will be the date of the split rather than the original date, so you will both be behind those who have requested subsequent to your original request.
Confusing, yes? Certain, no. Much of FT UG speculation is based up anecdotal information rather than hard facts. Would love to see a comment from a rez agent who has actually done a split and seen the results in the queue....