Well, my fear is that he will lose 16A when I split the PNR and the system sweeps, as it sometimes does, and reassigns non-elites to E-. Then if he doesn't clear on his own, he's stuck in the back of the bus.
In fact, he won't even be eligible for 16A on his own as it's an exit row.
Originally Posted by
lucky9876coins
Correct, up until the day of departure you both clear together, but the day of upgrades are cleared by individual status, fare class, and time added to the waitlist. I would highly recommend breaking up the PNR. I don't think it's that common for people not on the same PNR to be kicked back to E- if they have someone "sponsoring" them.