Originally Posted by
rehoult
The SE buying a fare would be irrelevant, as they would have to nominate you anyways. All parties to a PNR must have the same booking class, so you could use the 'same booking' work around in this situation. The ability to upgrade someone else on the same flight (different PNR) as you only applies on the day of departure at the airport.
Sorry, I should have been more clear.
In my scenario, I am NOT on the SE's nominee list. The provision I am trying to..."understand" is the one whereby an Altitude elite member can nominate any person, as long as they are on the same flight. They can be on separate PNRs.
I picked SE because that was the status of the person where we were going to try this, but then the situation changed.