Originally Posted by
Duke787
You can but my understanding has always been that when it’s two separate PNRs that are linked, you can’t clear until DoD and the second person will be on the list at their status level (so bottom if just a member).
That said I have gotten to the gate early in such a scenario and the gate agent did something so that she appeared right after me as if we were on the same reservation instead of linked reservations (I was on a work ticket and so had to book hers separately).
This was in 2019 (and we actually cleared the SEA - RDU into F) so not sure if they’ve changed something to prevent a GA doing that these days
A general SkyMiles member linked to a Medallion member reservation will clear at the Medallion level's priority (not sure if it clears ahead, by the Airport Standby List should be attached for General -> Medallion.) However, one big bummer of this is that if the linked companion is a Medallion member (say Silver...) they will clear at their own level. So in this scenario of 2 PNRs it's better to be a nobody than a somebody for the purposes of an upgrade.
EDIT: Just saw the T&C quote above - looks like they should clear together. OP, if you clear ahead of time, and she doesn't give em a call ASAP.