Originally Posted by
DJ_Iceman
Maybe off-topic, but how did the OP's spouse (as a United 1K) get upgraded on American? The few times I've had a United reservation transferred to another airline, I got no elite benefits on the new booking. Which is understandable, since I was elite on United and not the airline I got transferred to...
She didn’t; she was upgraded on the last leg of the outbound flight on United, which split the record. On the return, which was on an AA flight (presumably none in the party of four had status with American), she would have had to pay extra to sit with the other three traveling companions.