Booking two people on same reservation with different return dates
 

Hello Folks,

The Mrs and I are planning to fly to India next year and we were looking at dates where there is R availability (I know things we do for GPU usage). The Mrs has some extra days available and would like to stay back longer than I would. Would it be possible to book the two of us on the same reservation record with separate return dates? The only reason I am asking this is she wont have any status next year and I would like to ensure that she atleast gets an E+ seat and baggage allowance (because of my status).

Is this possible?

Booking two people on same reservation with different return dates
 

No way to do that. Itineraries have to be the exact same to be booked on a single reservation - not just a UA thing, with all carriers.

If there's R availability, then the E+ and baggage allowance issues are moot, no?

I was thinking of a time if we didnt get return R availability :)

Book together on your wife's intended itinerary. Split. Change just your reservation.

Within 24 hours of ticketing.

Yes indeed. Important detail that I forgot there.

That makes sense, considering the fares are pretty much identical for either return date.

Thank you!

How did this work?
 

Realize this is a dead thread, but wanted to see if you had success with this. Going to italy in the fall and was hoping to book a reservation together for my brother and I, and then moving my return flight up (while still maintaining benefits of UA status).

The only thing that will be retained is E+ seating, and any changes to anything, even a schedule change on the same aircraft, and that cloud be gone.

I do have recent experience - in a gold, my wife silver, and fare locked a trip for the two of us. I had to change just my return date. So bought the ticket for the both of us, so I could get the fare, then made the change within 24 hours of purchase. Wife net back to silver benefits right away - baggage allowance went back to 1 and CPU notated as early as day of departure, and she kept her E+ seats, but it was showing a charge if she wanted to change.