Originally Posted by
babystepper
Advice please - do we need to do anything before check in?
I am OWE and spouse *just* yesterday made OWE (yay!). We are on AA award tickets in business on JAL at the end of this coming week JL5 JFK HND and then JL33 to BKK. I think I read each individual needs to be OWE to use the priority check in and/or security lane, otherwise not sure it makes a difference. And who knows if I have that right lol. We are both GE. Both on the same PNR under my name (hm, and I was not OWE when reservation was made)
Do we just swan up to priority lane at JFK for check in and security, or will we want to do something before that to update the record, and if so with who? Conveniently we'll be at JFK twice before the JAL trip so have time to go to customer service for either AA of JAL if that helps.
Thanks!!
I have no experience with JFK check-in but in general since you both have business class tickets you can for sure check-in using the business class check-in. As OWE I believe you can also use the First Class check-in. Even if one of you is OWE it should not be a problem to bring your companion with you to the same check-in counter. Does your spouses OWE status show online yet? You should make sure at check-in that your FF # showing OWE status is listed in the reservation so that you can have the benefit of better lounge access (Business vs First check-in is a small deal, better lounge access is a bigger deal). If your FF # was put in the reservation before you attained OWE status you may have to have them remove and re-add it to refresh the status to reflect your OWE status.