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Old Nov 18, 2020 | 1:34 pm
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Originally Posted by weibelt
I have an ANA ticketed flight XXX-LAX-DEN and I want to purchase a oneway LAX-DEN-XXX ticket with the LAX-DEN leg being for the same flight. Ideally, I would like to have use of both seats on the LAX-DEN leg. Is this possible? I know how to purchase a second seat for the same itinerary (many threads on this), but not sure how to do it for two different overlapping PNRs. I assume that both tickets have to be in the primary name since there will be legs being flown without a second ticket. I will be flying with a lap-child if that makes any difference.
A couple reports of separate PNR with one EXTRASEAT appear to work (although I'm not quite sure how) in this thread. Best to call to arrange

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Originally Posted by mmack
My most recent EXTRA SEAT booking is in the record under a separate PNR: EXSTLASTNAME You should be able to see it on line, and we print a boarding pass so that there is no confusion.
Originally Posted by bocastephen
It took some doing, but reservations was able to make the EXTRASEAT booking for me as a separate mileage reservation for AAA-BBB only, then connect it to my revenue ticket for AAA-BBB-CCC. I can view it online correctly, but I will need to check-in both reservations, and print boarding passes for both, and scan both during boarding. ... .
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