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#976
Join Date: Nov 2016
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1K
Posts: 126
Does anyone have any recent experience with companion upgrades on separate PNR's?
I am 1K traveling on a reward ticket eligible for upgrade with Explorer card. Wife is traveling on same itinerary with a paid G fare. What are the chances of adding her to the upgrade list at the airport?
In the good ol' CO days it wasn't a problem, even for companions on the same flight but a different ultimate destination.
I am 1K traveling on a reward ticket eligible for upgrade with Explorer card. Wife is traveling on same itinerary with a paid G fare. What are the chances of adding her to the upgrade list at the airport?
In the good ol' CO days it wasn't a problem, even for companions on the same flight but a different ultimate destination.
I went to the service desk at the Denver UC a few months back and tried to add my buddy to the gate list. The gentleman I spoke with was adamant it was not allowed and had never been allowed.
When I politely told him it was a carryover from the CO days and I had done it numerous times post merger and was always under the impression is was well
within the rules, he claimed to be a regional trainer and that he would know whats allowed and what isnt.
When I realized I wasnt going to get anywhere with this guy I walked over to the bar and figured I would just try at the gate. Shortly after, a second agent who overheard the conversation walked up to us and apologized. Said his co worker was a clown and not to listen to anything he said. He asked for our boarding passes and when he came back a minute later, my buddy was on the UG list!
When we we were leaving the club, I made sure to thank him in front of the clown I spoke with the first time and said Im sure glad someone knows the rules around here!
#977
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Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: PHX
Programs: AS 75K; UA 1MM; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott LTP; Hilton Diamond (Aspire)
Posts: 56,296
The UA website now explicitly states that companion upgrades are only allowed if your companion is on your PNR:
Premier Upgrades
I'm not sure that this benefit ever applied where the Premier is flying on a award.
One companion traveling on a paid ticket on the same reservation as a Premier member is eligible for Complimentary Premier Upgrades on select flights
I'm not sure that this benefit ever applied where the Premier is flying on a award.
#979
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 16
hi guys, need your opinion. My husband and I are both Premier 1Ks. We would like to go on a trip with our 19 month old baby, and planning to get him a seat of his own.
If we all book on the same PNR, will our son also be eligible for CPU? Since it will be 3 pax in the PNR, I don't know how this works.
Thank you for your help!
If we all book on the same PNR, will our son also be eligible for CPU? Since it will be 3 pax in the PNR, I don't know how this works.
Thank you for your help!
#980
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Haze gray and underway
Programs: UA 1K 2MM, HH Diamond, Marriott 'clink clink' Titanium
Posts: 1,782
hi guys, need your opinion. My husband and I are both Premier 1Ks. We would like to go on a trip with our 19 month old baby, and planning to get him a seat of his own.
If we all book on the same PNR, will our son also be eligible for CPU? Since it will be 3 pax in the PNR, I don't know how this works.
Thank you for your help!
If we all book on the same PNR, will our son also be eligible for CPU? Since it will be 3 pax in the PNR, I don't know how this works.
Thank you for your help!
#981
Suspended
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 821
I'm having a brain fart….1K here..booked award ticket but don't have a United credit card....am I eligible for CPU along with my companion on the same PNR? The travel date is on Xmas day from CLE to TPA
#982
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 21,178
No. If you had the credit card, you'd be eligible but the companion wouldn't. Without the card, no eligibility for either.
#983
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.99MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,572
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