Originally Posted by stimpy
I've seen other complaints here on Flyertalk, but personally I've never had a problem getting seats on CRTW's. I've already got what I wanted on hold in any case.
If I switch the M&M next year and drop UA's MP, I may start booking with LH instead. But I have one question. If I want to use a UA SWU on a UA segment that I booked on an LH RTW, does that work smoothly? Do I get UA 1K priority for getting the upgrade?
Also, this localized credit card thing is very new. I haven't had to do that with any of the other 3 or 4 RTW's I've booked this year.
It's supposed to be irrelevant where you book and which airline issues the ticket of a RTW. RTWs always use
original flight numbers, no
codeshares. Hence upgrades can be waitlisted and confirmed in advance, but make sure the appropriate FFP status is part of the reservation. Of course, individual segments can still be credited to other FFPs at the gate.
IIRC, Amadeus allows entering up to 4 different FFP numbers/programs in a reservation, however, I'm not sure if only the first one will be automatically processed by the airlines. It might well be that the other 3 have informational use only, in case a gate agent is manually processing upgrade lists etc.