Traveling with a friend
Nov 12, 2013, 1:59 pm
#16
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You know what seat she's supposed to be, she knows what seat you're supposed to be in. It technically is against the rules but I've never had a flight attendant so much as bat an eye. I always just swap boarding passes once we board just in case but she's never been asked to show one.
Nov 12, 2013, 2:14 pm
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You know what seat she's supposed to be, she knows what seat you're supposed to be in. It technically is against the rules but I've never had a flight attendant so much as bat an eye. I always just swap boarding passes once we board just in case but she's never been asked to show one.
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Nov 12, 2013, 2:31 pm
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On a somewhat different topic (I didn't want to open up a new one) I'm looking at tickets for my flight from MKE to SYR after I leave my friends christmas party and I'm thinking of using miles, but I couldn't remember if I used Pay With Miles and cash and booked a first class seat would I earn MQM's and Skymiles?
Nov 12, 2013, 2:47 pm
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Everyone has given OP great info but I'd like to throw out one more thing from recent experience. Hubby is GM and until two months ago always booked our reservations together. Due to some glitch with DL credit, we had to book two separate reservations and then have them linked.
It didn't go as smoothly as you would think. Hubby has SKY boarding and I had lower boarding status but that was taken care of by understanding GAs. Hubby got TSA precheck and of course I wasn't granted that benefit. We used carryons only so bag fees weren't an issue. Out of 3 flights, 2 had equipment changes and our seats together were rows apart with me in a middle seat. I understand that sometimes things happen but for that trip, linking the reservations together didn't work for us!
It didn't go as smoothly as you would think. Hubby has SKY boarding and I had lower boarding status but that was taken care of by understanding GAs. Hubby got TSA precheck and of course I wasn't granted that benefit. We used carryons only so bag fees weren't an issue. Out of 3 flights, 2 had equipment changes and our seats together were rows apart with me in a middle seat. I understand that sometimes things happen but for that trip, linking the reservations together didn't work for us!
Nov 12, 2013, 2:49 pm
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On a somewhat different topic (I didn't want to open up a new one) I'm looking at tickets for my flight from MKE to SYR after I leave my friends christmas party and I'm thinking of using miles, but I couldn't remember if I used Pay With Miles and cash and booked a first class seat would I earn MQM's and Skymiles?
Nov 12, 2013, 3:05 pm
#21
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Everyone has given OP great info but I'd like to throw out one more thing from recent experience. Hubby is GM and until two months ago always booked our reservations together. Due to some glitch with DL credit, we had to book two separate reservations and then have them linked.
It didn't go as smoothly as you would think. Hubby has SKY boarding and I had lower boarding status but that was taken care of by understanding GAs. Hubby got TSA precheck and of course I wasn't granted that benefit. We used carryons only so bag fees weren't an issue. Out of 3 flights, 2 had equipment changes and our seats together were rows apart with me in a middle seat. I understand that sometimes things happen but for that trip, linking the reservations together didn't work for us!
It didn't go as smoothly as you would think. Hubby has SKY boarding and I had lower boarding status but that was taken care of by understanding GAs. Hubby got TSA precheck and of course I wasn't granted that benefit. We used carryons only so bag fees weren't an issue. Out of 3 flights, 2 had equipment changes and our seats together were rows apart with me in a middle seat. I understand that sometimes things happen but for that trip, linking the reservations together didn't work for us!
It's a shame that you have to keep a keen eye on every reservation, but you gotta do what you gotta do! I check about once a week, 24-hours prior and about 4 hours prior.
Nov 12, 2013, 3:09 pm
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I've given my upgraded seat to a companion (spouse, girlfriend or child) literally dozens of times over 20 years. Nobody cares, except in a slightly positive way. Flight attendants have remarked on my generosity many times. And for me, it's almost a novelty to sit in coach on a relatively short flight.
Bruce
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