Originally Posted by
nort
I'm planning to book a trip to Asia on CX PE or J. I'm thinking of paying for myself and my spouse and getting award tickets by redeeming my Asia Miles, BA or AA miles. I have AA miles, and I can transfer my credit card points to CX/BA miles. This will help myself and my spouse to requalify for status but my kids don't need their own status for a while. Kids are too young to be unaccompanied minors, so I want all of us to be on the same reservation for protection in case of IRROPS.
I read on Gary Leff's blog that AA can do this - you'd have to do the award booking first, and then call AA to sell you the paid ticket within the same reservation. Is something like this possible with CX? If not, can you book kids in an award booking and somehow link it to parents' paid reservation so that small kids (too young to be unaccompanied minors) can be on a separate award reservation PNR whereas the parents are on their own paid PNR?
I searched this forum but couldn't find it. Will appreciate if anyone could shed some light on this. Thanks!
They cannot possibly be in the same PNR. I don't think it would be possible for AA to book a pax in revenue and a pax in award in the same PNR, either. I think what AA can do (at least technically capable) is to put one award flight and one revenue flight in the same PNR. Award and revenue are booked in different classes, and in one PNR everyone must have the exact same itinerary, including class. UM is not an issue. Child can be in a standalone PNR as long as OSI (Other Service Information) TCP (To Complete Party) is noted.