Originally Posted by
drewguy
With 2 golds and 2 companions, you're all in the gold upgrade bucket. When you check in you'll be asked whether you want an upgrade and to designate a companion. Designate one child for each adult. You'll be warned that you could get split in order to clear an upgrade. But you won't get split unless an upgrade clears. That's what's changed in 2 years - the system is now sane so you don't need to game out whether to split the PNR.
thanks, this was exactly what I was looking for. I need to take that in to account when I select seats so that I would not leave us sat apart if one pair clears. Right now I have:
mini, mini, mrs ISLE tht
so maybe a:
mini, mrs
mini, mr
or
mini, mrs,
mini ISLE
tht - 2 isle seats should be good enough to get a fair trade for an isle middle to sit together if we get an UG.
on the outbound the F seat map has 50% unassigned, on the retuen it’s already showing 0.
given all the variables the downside from the mrs if anything goes wrong is worse that the very remote chance even 2 will clear… and the older mini (7) already complained last time we flew that he did not have a flat bed like his 2nd flight to London… so a “coach reset” may be a good idea anyway.