Hello:

The family is going on a vacation to Hawaii this summer on AS. 6 passengers (4 adults, one toddler in his own seat (>2 yo) and 1 lap infant.

I don't have status on AS but one of the adult travelers is MVP gold (just got matched).

I have already purchased 3 tickets (1 adult and 1 toddler using the B of A companion cert, and then one adult separately).

I have another B of A companion cert that I was going to use to purchase the other 2 adult travelers (I'm paying for everyone)

Here are my questions. One of the 2 adult travelers who I have yet to purchase a ticket for has MVP Gold on AS (just recently matched).

Should I have them purchase the 2 remaining tickets and use my B of A companion certificate? (I know it's not transferable, but my wife is the other adult traveler and we share the credit card, so she (we) would be paying for it and we're all traveling together so I don't think that should be an issue).

Or should I just purchase it from my account? the advantage of that is, I have $105 in "My Wallet" which I could apply to the total.

Disadvantage (if any)--I'm not sure if it is better to purchase the tickets from the account of the MVP Gold traveler? Or does it make a difference, as long as one of the travelers is MVP Gold the benefits are the same regardless of whether they purchased the ticket for themselves or someone purchased it for them?

I'm not expecting all 5 adults to be upgraded to first class and even if the MVP Gold traveler gifts their 4 MVP guest upgrade passes, that still leaves our group 1 passenger short of an upgrade even if we only do it for one way of our flight (unless the MVP Gold person banks on themselves being automatically upgraded to First Class and the other 4 adults can use the certs-but I have no idea how risky that is)

Anyway, a bit complicated, hope someone can clarify how best to approach this.

Thanks.