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Oct 11, 2018 | 9:17 pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Martellus

I think we're conflating two things here - please correct me if I'm wrong:

- A diamond member can 'forcibly' open up standard award availability for themselves and their companions, as long as they're on the same flight.
- A diamond member cannot open up standard award availability if they're *not* on the same flight as the people they're redeeming for, but the waitlist request will open up by the requester's (diamond) priority.

Precisely. Using a DM's miles to redeem a seat for the DM's redemption group nominee already has some significant sort of an advantage to begin with, especially using 3888 line.