Originally Posted by
paul4471
As a side question we had to separate the bookings to two PNR's when we were on separate flights. Sounds like they have to completely reconstruct the bookings (and possibly lose the said LHR-ACC flight in the process) if we want them back under one PNR - so I said to TA don't bother. Is there any reason to bother??
Probably not.
I think it's fairly easy to split PNR's (I suspect there's some fairly straightforward 'mechanism' for doing so) but adding someone (i.e., combining) may, as they seem to suggest, be more like starting over to add the second person and therefore may not be nearly so easy.
The only time Mrs. tt7 and I end up with separate PNR's is if we're on award tickets and the miles have come from our separate accounts (instead of just one of the accounts), in which case they have to split the PNRs or where we've had a DONE4 and I've left a few days before her etc., so they have to be split. It always seems preferable to me that, if you're travelling together, it's better to be in one PNR so that if anything goes wrong somewhere along the way, whichever airline you're about to fly knows that the two of you are together, rather than just being two unrelated passengers. Hopefully, that's no big deal but it just seems 'safer' to both be in one PNR. However, you may be able to get them to "link" the two PNR's so that it is apparent that you are travelling together. I think that works for AA but not sure whether it is effective once you get to other carriers on the ticket.
As an aside, I have to ask why you're going to ACC(ra)? I went there - probably 30 years ago now - on business and to Lagos a few years later. I'd have to say those are two places that I have absolutely no desire whatsoever to ever return to.