Update on this front - the tickets have since been issued.
- When I went back onto
www.flysaa.com and went into Flight Booking Management, the Date of Birth entry for the one with AC remained blank. The emergency contact info remained blank.
- Entered both and then hit "Continue". Then still got the message "Your booking has not been changed".
- However, when I then back to "Update Contact Details" or "Input Frequent Flyer Number", all the information has been captured and saved.
Who knows... at least I have a 13-digit ticket number starting with "083"......
Let's hope for the best. There are a lot of miles to be collected for this trip.