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Oct 6, 2015, 6:50 pm

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Originally Posted by crimsona

I wouldn't do it online.

When I was booking it that way for LAX-DXB (and Z=2), when I made the first reservation online, the second seat disappeared. When I cancelled the booking, only one seat went back into inventory.

I ended up calling in and an agent made a single PNR but withdrew miles from 2 accounts for DFW-DXB instead.

Thank you so much. I "sort of" figured that out from some posts earlier. As I think someone said, it might be some inventory management process that pulls seats, though MAYBE temporarily.