AMEX Delta Companion certificate Consolidated Thread
Oct 24, 2021, 4:31 pm
#3076
Join Date: Oct 2021
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You will have to book main cabin initially. After booking you should be able to select C+ seats and pay for them for both of you (or not pay if you get it for free with elite status). You have to be in the same cabin when using a companion certificate, but that's what you want to do anyway so it shouldn't be an issue.
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Oct 25, 2021, 9:12 am
#3077
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The website remains hopelessly broken for booking these (recently, if searching XXX-YYY round trip it seems to try to give you two consecutive XXX-YYY one-ways before panic aborting). Booked via agent this morning and got some squirrelliness about whether the terms would permit an I fare without an LUTXV supporter, but a gentle push and a "well let's see what the computer says" and I was able to confirm in I (Q) and save a handy $1,400. I still think this is one of the better benefits out there, and bundled with SC access too 
Oct 25, 2021, 10:35 am
#3078
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Location: Virginia USA
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You should be able to book your second child on a separate itinerary by calling Delta. Inform the agent that you're booking a flight for your second minor child on the same flight you're on. The agent should be able to book a flight for your second child and link that itinerary to your itinerary. Your wife will have to be on a third itinerary if she's only flying on inbound.
Oct 25, 2021, 12:10 pm
#3079
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If a Medallion member is traveling with a single no-status companion on the same PNR, they are eligible for upgrades at the Medallion member's priority, so long as the companion has a SkyMiles number entered.
Oct 25, 2021, 12:29 pm
#3080
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Right, but then it says if you are on different reservations that have been linked and the other person has a lower status (as opposed to no status) they get upgraded at their individual statuses instead of both at the higher one, and if you have two or more companions you get FUBAR.
Oct 25, 2021, 2:05 pm
#3081
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Right, but then it says if you are on different reservations that have been linked and the other person has a lower status (as opposed to no status) they get upgraded at their individual statuses instead of both at the higher one, and if you have two or more companions you get FUBAR.
so if you have a companion on the same PNR *and* a linked companion on a separate PNR, then which set of rules applies? -- and maybe the answer is "both"? i.e. I could see hypothetically that you and the companion on the same PNR clear at your priority, and the person on the linked PNR clears at their own respective status if they have one, or yours otherwise.Obviously we need someone to be a test case
Oct 25, 2021, 2:37 pm
#3082
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Right, but then it says if you are on different reservations that have been linked and the other person has a lower status (as opposed to no status) they get upgraded at their individual statuses instead of both at the higher one, and if you have two or more companions you get FUBAR.
Oct 25, 2021, 8:41 pm
#3083
Join Date: May 2006
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Have these certificates become useless? I've tried to use mine on many occasions since covid. Every time it says "Sold out".
They always had limited availability, but it used to be booking 2 months in advance 80%+ of date/time would work.
They always had limited availability, but it used to be booking 2 months in advance 80%+ of date/time would work.
Oct 25, 2021, 9:08 pm
#3084
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I live in a place where other people go on vacation and end up often booking on Tuesdays or Wednesdays with the companion tickets because it's easiest to find those fare buckets on those days of the week.
Last edited by beachmouse; Oct 26, 2021 at 12:19 pm
Oct 26, 2021, 10:51 am
#3085
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L or lower isn't thathard to spot, and I class is even more plentiful, but ymmv. I would not necessarily rely on the website display as it is very broken.
Oct 27, 2021, 6:50 am
#3086
Join Date: Jun 2011
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Good point, however HaydukeMT wants to use a companion certificate and the companion certificate only allows one to book two pax. Any additional travelers beyond the two on the companion certificate reservation will have to have a separate PNR.
Last edited by ssung; Oct 27, 2021 at 3:46 pm
Nov 6, 2021, 8:41 am
#3087
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Question about using travel voucher +companion cert
Can I use the travel voucher that came with my Platinum choice Benefit to book myself AND use the Reserve card companion cert for hubs on the same booking?
Nov 6, 2021, 9:28 am
#3088
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