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Old May 26, 2016, 4:06 am
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coolcoil
 
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Originally Posted by babypuwet
yes, they will be unique fly numbers. Follow up question. Is there some rule that within 24 hours the PNRs are split and each person is on their own status? So my friend that is travelling with me that has no status will probably not get an upgrade?
Some airlines do that, so that's might be the origin of what you heard. That was UA policy through at least 2014 and may still be. I stopped following the UA forum when I switched to AA that year, but at that time there was a lengthy consolidated thread about the policy.
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