If you could get EQM's for both seats, people doing Mileage Runs would be thrilled.

It would make sense to get the miles for a second seat, but not have them count as elite qualifying miles. (Unless it's the [rare?] case of Billy Bob and Billy Bob Jr.)

Exactly. One could buy three seats to Asia and get AA EXP in one trip.

hmmm, maybe put that BEFORE your last name so it looks like a dif last name in the computer without referencing yours... In other words, you are Jim Smith but if you are Jim Extra-Smith, like a hyphenated last name, then the computer will see 2 dif people and the agents would not see any red flags. You could always argue it was a mix up or a middle name if anyone called you on it, but it could work.

Anyway, I am wondering about this stuff too... Some people take wedding dresses ON a plane and buy a seat for them. Do they get more miles?

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And then there's this:

We flew with our baby on an international flight and we came to learn that children under 2, while considered 'free' in the US on domestic flights if on a lap or in the plane's sometimes supplied bassonets, when you fly internationally, you must pay 10% of a FULL FARE ticket!!

My wife, who was using 50k miles to fly NWA BOS to AMS with our baby to see family just had to pay her taxes. BUT we had to pay 10% of what the full fare ticket would have been, not what her ticket would have cost, which, had she not used miles, would have been about $500 RT. But the full fare ticket was $2,000+ so our baby had a seat that cost us $200+ taxes! Big bummer!

I asked NWA if they should give her 10% of the 8,000+ miles earned on her flight!

they said no.

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Regarding...
Dude yer a freakin genius! I love any double dip tip I can get, and I like your idea for setting up a considerate flight + more upgrade possibilities to boot! Cheers!

Hmm. There's certainly a good argument that someone who pays for two seats should get double frequent flyer miles. After all, if you need two seats when you pay for the flight, won't you need two seats when you redeem your miles for an award?

I think this is a good case for an enterprising lawyer.

How do you handle actually boarding the plane? do you give the gate agent both boarding passes?

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When I did this with United, yes, I gave both boarding passes to be read at the gate reader. What is more important, however is to tell one of the FA's on boarding -- otherwise their head count will be "off" and to leave them to figure out what the problem is by themselves -- well, you know what I mean.