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Old Sep 1, 2020, 4:17 pm
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Originally Posted by BenA
This new policy is terrible for almost everyone except the non-status passenger. It will result in upgrades being doled out to random colleagues or infrequent travelers associated with whomever is at the top of the upgrade list, while even many Diamonds will be passed over. If someone is a bona fide companion, they should be able to be booked on the same reservation - it was a reasonable requirement to share the same upgrade priority, IMHO.
If it's true that non-status passengers actually now bump up over status passengers in this, that is certainly a misfire. But there are plenty of legitimate reasons one companion may be a bona fide companion booked under each traveler is booked under a separate reservation.
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