Originally Posted by
beyond
There's nothing to prevent an agent/agency from pricing/issuing 2 or more separate tickets in the same PNR. I presume they don't because they don't know how and/or are instructed not to, even on award tickets. They can price/ticket segments individually or in combination by segment selecting - so regardless of the reason they created the new rule about separate PNR's [whether technical, financial, or a combination] - the way it stands now there's nothing against the rules from having multiple tickets in the same record. And if they're all OneWorld - voila! Problem solved.
Do you know if there are any OTAs that will do this? Do you know if you specifically ask AA reservations for this, if they'll do it?