Originally Posted by
SW7London
Hi all - is it better to have multiple award flights(with mix of oneworld & non oneworld carriers) on different PNRs/tickets?
I'm thinking no in terms of "protection" of missed/cancelled flights etc however each of the 4 segments is a week apart so risk minimized.
I'm thinking yes in terms of potential changes - ie if I want to change one particular segment easier to just change just that rather than the entire itinerary needing to be re-ticketed(particularly if availability opens up after I've commenced the itinerary I may want to change from a non Oneworld airline to a Oneworld airline?)
Thoughts?
The only benefit to having everything on a single PNR is that in the event you want to cancel the entire trip, you would only pay the $150 re-deposit fee once to re-deposit the miles, as opposed to $150 + $25 + $25 etc. for each PNR.
For the flights that are weeks apart, there is no benefit in terms of flight cancellation or protection since you're not connecting between the PNR's on the same day, or anything like that.
Assuming there's little risk that you would decide to cancel the whole trip, I would book them as separate PNRs, much easier to change the individual segments if that's a possibility, as you mentioned.