Delta Upgrade Priority
#1
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Join Date: Oct 2015
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Delta Upgrade Priority
I bought an award ticket and I am a Diamond. My wife purchased with cash a ticket on the same flight on a separate itinerary (she is gold). Can someone refresh my memory if i can link our separate itineraries for her to get upgrade priority based on my status?
Thank you
Thank you
#2
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Join Date: Jul 2003
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No, linking will not help. She has to be on the same PNR to have the same priority. You cannot combine award and cash tickets on the same PNR either at purchase or post purchase.
Upgrade priority is found on the folowing page: https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...-upgrades.html
Upgrade priority is found on the folowing page: https://www.delta.com/content/www/en...-upgrades.html
#3
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Programs: Delta Diamond, Bonvoy something good; sometimes other things too
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I bought an award ticket and I am a Diamond. My wife purchased with cash a ticket on the same flight on a separate itinerary (she is gold). Can someone refresh my memory if i can link our separate itineraries for her to get upgrade priority based on my status?
Thank you
Thank you
You only go on the list both at the higher priority if you are booked on the same reservation, which isn't possible if you're booking tickets with different payment methods.
You could request regional upgrades for both of you, if you want. And I think under the new rules, if your upgrade clears in advance, or if it's looking good on the gate upgrade list, you could apply an RUC just for her and rely on your status for your own upgrade. (Though if you're doing it because you look good on the gate upgrade list, keep in mind that applying an RUC to her will lower you one notch on the list.)
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