Originally Posted by
OHDL1
I think you should re-check about companions traveling in a separate PNR. As long as they have the same itinerary, up to 8 will receive the medallion's fee waiver. This "might" have just changed or been updated in the last few days.
It has always said "same reservation", not "same itinerary". There have been reports that there is internal policy to waive the fee for a single companion on same itin, and perhaps others have gotten lucky with more than one companion. But this has never been a published policy.
https://web.archive.org/web/20101202...t_bag_free.jsp
"Fee waiver also available for passengers traveling in the same reservation as the Basic Cardmember. Maximum nine waivers per reservation"