I have linked child tickets on the same airline many times (e.g. me on $, daughter on miles), that is not what this is about.

Specifically, I want to buy a $ ticket for me from AA, traveling IB metal. Then call IB and book the same itinerary for my 8-yo with avios and have them link her so she does not show up as unaccompanied. I understand that "linking" is just an annotation in the record, but has anyone here done something like this? Is there more to marking a minor as accompanied than to just writing a comment in the record?

FYI, this past summer I did something similar with my daughter, separately linking three miles segments on AA and BA for her to my one $ ticket on the same. But the difference was that it was all done by one AA agent.

Would the IB flight be AA or IB marketed? The IB award will be IB marketed.
This thread is about the airline American Airlines. You question is about the airline Iberia.
AA & BA have a close joint venture. Lesser with IB

I have a trip coming up using two separate award tix, both booked through AA.

award 1: PHL-DOH on AA
Two different PNRs, one for person 1 in business and one for person 2 in premium economy
award 2: DOH-MEL on QR
One PNR for both people in business

Is there any way to link any of these tickets under a single PNR so we don't have to pick up our luggage at DOH and recheck it? Ideally we'd have the entire trip under a single PNR. AA Twitter, who are ultra helpful, said that can't be done, we have to leave it the way it is. I couldn't find these awards as a single award, I had to do the two legs as separate bookings.

TIA

No, it is not possible to combine separate PNR's into one after booking.

Even if combining PNR's was somehow possible, you still cannot have pax booked under different fares in the same PNR. So it's not possible to have 1 pax in business and 1 in PE on the same PNR.

AA will not check bags through across separate tix so you need to plan on claiming your luggage in DOH and checking in again.

Thanks for the advice!!! FYI this does not work if your companion is traveling BE. No upgrades, no red seats, no baggage (obvi). Very sad. We just happened to book onto the same flights - otherwise would've booked together. At least I get my bennies on a BE fare... Makes for an awkward travel day though! haha

From glancing through the replies it seems clear there is no way to �merge� PNRs. Is there a way to share status benefits with my partner when flying not identical itineraries?

This summer we are flying mostly BA metal booked and ticketed through AA, on a BE fare.

outbound is XXX-LHR-LIS. We have different returns (I�m AMS-LHR-XXX, he is MAD-LHR-XXX). Naturally this means I booked them as two separate tickets.

I have gold status so pretty clear I will at least get decent boarding position and can select some seats at the 24 hour window. As there anyway to confer some of these benefits to him? I�m mostly concerned about last zone boarding on the intra Europe flights because we travel with carry on/backpacks only and absolutely don�t want to be forced to check a bag.

Also at least for the first leg of the trip can we board together? I�ll have earlier boarding due to status. Even if we are not on the same itinerary can I just say he is traveling with me and go on at the same time?

Thanks!

On AA metal flights it is never a problem to have companions in different boarding groups board with you. Makes no difference whether they are on the same reservation or different reservations. You just go through and a simple "they're with me" works 99% of the time.

But on BA flights that would ultimately be up to BA policy and how strictly they enforce it. The few times I've traveled with a companion on BA it hasn't been an issue, but I haven't done this enough to know whether that's typical or we just got lucky.

When seats are re-assigned because of an equipment change, cancellation or missed connection, are those seat changes done entirely by computer or does an agent actually read notes in a PNR? Just wondering if it is worthwhile having a note added to PNRs for those eventualities. (Flying with family on separate PNRs ORD-CDG and ZUR-PHL-ORD and very unlikely to get upgraded). Thanks.

Can someone remind me what the rules are for �linking� a main cabin reservation with a basic economy one? Is this an agent-dependent situation, or a hard no? I can�t seem to remember.

there is no such think as linking. Just a note in remarks. What r u specifically trying to do?

Right, linking just means a note in the remarks, hence why I put it in scare quotes. However, I was trying to get MCE for a non-status companion as well as give them my upgrade priority. I just wasn't sure if you could do that if the companion was ticketed in basic economy.

Just call AA and they will assign seats and insert ur addv number into ur companion�s UPGD request

This is what you're probably looking for: Companion upgrade issues including "link" / split PNR for status etc. (master thread)

Hey all -
I apologize if this is redundant, but I have one specific question and then am curious about some general strategy people use on AA/OW in general.

We are a family of three. Me, wife, and soon to be 4 year old daughter. I have ExPlat and can probably keep that indefinitely under current program rules. Recent convert from UA/*A.

Specific situation: I had a trip for all of us booked to Chicago from LAX. I'm going to a conference and wanted them to come, but they decided to stay at home. Need to use their flight credit, so booked tickets to Kawaii for April. When I called ExPlat booking they said I couldn't do it on one reservation because the flight credit was only in their names not mine. They were helpful, I had put the reserve on hold for all three of us with chosen seats, they split it into two, booked them, and then booked me separately with cash. Is there some way for me to link those reservations now? Do I need to, or it doesn't really matter? (Its all F, so baggage not a concern).

General strategy: For travel with wife and I, my plan is to mostly book either both in PE and use SWU/Upgrades for international, or to outright book her tickets in Biz with miles and buy mine with cash. Wondering what people with one child do. Obviously makes lounge access hard on non business class tickets (thought I do have AC).
- Do people put spouse in business and self/child in Econ/PE and play upgrade game?
- Do people book spouse and child w/ miles directly and then pay for their own for LP/miles?

Thanks all!

From what I've read, just call AA to add notes to the record. MDW and I are taking her brother and his wife on a trip. We booked their tickets with our miles, she bought one, and I the other. Drove the cash price for our tickets way up, but we didn't see any way to ensure they both got in J with us. So I need to add 2 PNRs to our record in case of IRROPS/schedule change/AA IT/general AA strangeness.

I can’t imagine what a disaster it would be if we were separated from them. Overnight connection. They are about as infrequent flyers as can be.