Originally Posted by
flyerwma
Another option is to stay on the same PNR, check-in online (if you want to coordinate bag check early), and then re-check-in at kiosk at the airport.
When I have done this (typically in cases when the SkyPriority line was very long and I wanted to try and use the regular bag drop), the kiosk would prompt me to ask if I wanted to be on the upgrade list, without splitting me off the PNR.
(Some will ask why this only works on kiosk and why it can't happen for OLCI. Others will find banging their head against the wall more satisfying).
Of course, this only works for battlefield upgrades, and not UGs at the window.
Oh, this is interesting. So, this would probably be the ideal situation if, say, I was on the same PNR as three other non-status companions and wanted to just be added to the gate UG list at my own priority, right? (Understanding that it's after the advance windows).
But how does this work if I also want to list (or have listed) for a companion upgrade?
The latter is the more usual situation for me, where I'm travelling with just my non-status wife but it's a flight where we'd rather split to take one seat up front than remain seated together in the back. When we book the tickets together, DL.com automatically requests the UG for both of us, and my remedy for splitting the priority up to now has been to just split the PNRs.