Originally Posted by
Kmxu
Yes. This is the best solution. But you won’t get the higher PQP credit, which is important for 1K renewal. If you have achieved 1K status for next year, this is not a problem.
Another solution? Buy 1 J ticket for your wife and 4 Y tickets for the rest. Then call 1K line to split out your ticket and upfare to J. If you are warned by the agent about losing E+ seats for the other three pax, hang up and call again later. Please give it a try and report back.
Good luck.
Thanks for pointing out the lower PQP earn in Y rather than J for 1K renewal. I'm good this year but next year I'll definitely want to maximize my PQP earning again for 2023.
Originally Posted by
ani90
This bit not entirely correct. You can buy your ticket online and then at later stage buy your son's ticket ( over the phone as otherwise will think unaccompanied) and they will give him Economy Plus seating when you provide your travel details.
I tried booking two PNRs for the same itin and when I went to book his alone the unaccompanied minor warning came up. Didn't think to call and purchase his ticket over the phone. Thank you!
FWIW, I understand and share the concern of a child traveling in a different cabin. My son and daughter have both been traveling since they were only a few months old. Luckily, we've never had any issues with them equalizing their ears or being a general pain in the butt in the air. Maybe the sparkling wine (for the parents) helped, haha. If he wasn't ready to sit on his own I wouldn't let him sit by himself.
This all wouldn't matter but sometimes it is hard to get J availability on narrow body planes. We had to travel on some weird days on our Costa Rica trip a few months ago because there were only 16 or 20 seats available in J and we needed 4 of them.