Originally Posted by
aacharya
Check in as normal. It will split and you will.both be on the ug list. You will have issues with baggage and your companion will not be automatically on the upgrade list on the return but both are manually fixed.
mY recent experience has been that when you're autosplit your companion will retain your status for return - i.e., companion will still inherit your privileges on return and be on UG list automatically.