Premier benefits for companions on separate tickets, " off-pnr " [Consolidated]
Oct 11, 2019, 10:50 am
#107
Join Date: Apr 2016
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You can't link them but you can get E+ seating for a companion on the same flight in the same cabin class if you're UA Gold by calling in.
Oct 11, 2019, 12:12 pm
#108
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BOS/EAP
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what benefits are you looking to 'share'?
Oct 12, 2019, 2:20 pm
#109
Join Date: Jun 2019
Programs: MileagePlus
Posts: 200
What would you do in my case: I have, say, 120K miles and am going to book a EWR -> ATH -> IST (excursionist perk) -> EWR trip all in miles. I'm MP Platinum. My friend is going to come with me. He has 60K miles but no status. We are booking far enough in advance that we thought I'd be able to book, and he'd be able to book, and we can pick seats next to each other even without putting them on the same reservation. But now I'm wondering if I'm going to get access to like E+ seats and he won't.
I don't want to have him transfer his miles to me to book, that's going to cost so much money.
Should I just see what seats would be available to each of us? We want to sit near each other.
Maybe I can sit in the last row of E+ and he sit in the first row of E-.
I don't want to have him transfer his miles to me to book, that's going to cost so much money.
Should I just see what seats would be available to each of us? We want to sit near each other.
Maybe I can sit in the last row of E+ and he sit in the first row of E-.
Last edited by kac2138; Oct 12, 2019 at 2:39 pm
Oct 12, 2019, 3:10 pm
#110
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
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You can also guest the individual into your boarding group and premier (not Pre-Check) security line.
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Oct 12, 2019, 7:22 pm
#111
Join Date: Jun 2019
Programs: MileagePlus
Posts: 200
As a Plat, you can guest companions into E+ even went on separate PNRs. You will need to call to do this (watch from time to time if there are schedule / aircraft changes that might sweep the individuals back to E-.
You can also guest the individual into your boarding group and premier (not Pre-Check) security line.
More in the thread's wiki
You can also guest the individual into your boarding group and premier (not Pre-Check) security line.
More in the thread's wiki
Oct 13, 2019, 1:22 am
#112
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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Nov 20, 2019, 7:31 am
#116
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: KEWR
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Nov 20, 2019, 2:54 pm
#118
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Nov 20, 2019, 11:50 pm
#119
Join Date: May 2016
Location: SLC
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My wife and I were fling together on separate reservations last week, and I had called to get her an E+ seat next to me. No problem. When it looked probable that I would be upgraded, I went to the desk to see if I could move her seat to the aisle so that I could give her the F seat and have an aisle for myself. But while I waited, both of us were upgraded. It was a real surprise, as I didn't think that benefit would be available to her.
For what it's worth, the flight went out with several empty F seats.
For what it's worth, the flight went out with several empty F seats.