Splitting PNR
 

Hello,

Thank you for all the help this forum has provided. My apologies if this post is redundant, I tried to find the information in the search function but wasn't exactly clear so thought I'd ask in a new post.

I'm a low level gold medallion. I have a company I work for that booked me on a flight in the same reservation as two other employees from the same city as me. It is my understanding I can split the PNR, am I correct in this assumption? If I call Delta will they be able to do this for me and not affect the other two (who I do not know personally beyond a few work emails).

Yes, I know this is an odd situation. Thank you in advance to those who are able to assist.

Wonder if there is ever any issue when booked through a travel agent?

No reason there should be. It doesn't change the tickets - just the PNR (reference).

OP will be denying the other travelers elite benefits they get from his status as part of a single reservation.

I’m quite late to the party, but while searching for details around splitting a PNR I came across this thread and was shocked (Shocked, I tell you!!) to see that no one called this comment out as incorrect.
It’s my understanding that medallion status is determined by the highest level on PNR’s of two or less people, but on three or more, the status is determined by the LOWEST status holder…
In this case, isn’t the OP trying to split off because they know that they’ll be dragged down by the lowest status carrier in the group and they’re trying to avoid that specifically?
I’m booking reward flights for my family of three and I typically book myself, my wife, and my under 16 son with points, then split out my son and I (I’m diamond), and keep my wife, whom I gift gold, on her own. In a pinch, they can “steal” my seat if only my boy and I get the upgrade (I’m an old fashioned chivalrous gentleman… lol) and I can take her seat in main.

Am I making a mistake?

Yes, you are somewhat confusing different benefits. It's only complementary upgrades (to Comfort+ and FC) that are restricted to a single companion (and where you need to split the PNR so that each Medallion only has a single companion on same PNR). For other benefits like checked luggage, priority check-in/TSA screening line access, boarding priority, and comp access to Preferred/Exit row seats, the benefits are extended to all companions on the same PNR as the Medallion even if there is more than one. These are the shared benefits the poster you were replying to was referring to.

Ahhhh, I didn’t even think of that!
I typically travel either with the family and split the PNR (i just booked to GCM and need to call tomorrow to figure that one out..), or add employees to work trips where we typically don’t check a bag.
Thank you for reminding me about the bags and lines!

Can a PNR for return be split after outbound is flown?

yes

.....and in some cases it must be split, such as when a passenger on the PNR doesn't take a flight or someone on the PNR is upgraded.