Originally Posted by
GUWonder
You could ask to have the ticketed booking split. I typically would just leave things as already booked unless the travelers are to end up flying on separate flights for whatever reason instead of flying together as originally booked.
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Thanks a lot GUWonder, I really appreciate your input!
Originally Posted by
GUWonder
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If you would feel better about splitting the reservation and airline frequent flyer program status benefits aren’t part of the consideration (with regard to seat assignments, checked luggage), get it done.
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We both have our own (American airlines) frequent flyer numbers. So I probably won't get any benefit from him or vice versa whether we are on 1 or 2 PNRs, right?
Besides immigration, another reason to have separate PNRs is the ability to actually change the return flight independent of each other. The ticket allows for changes and there is 99% chance one of us will move the date.
For online check-in, if I understand correctly, if you have 1 PNR for all, you also must do the check-in for all at the same time. While if you have 2 PNRs then each person is responsible for his/her own check-in. Do I understand this correctly?