Linked bookings and upgrade requests

[Daver6]

Hi all,

Myself and MrsDaver6 had separate bookings from PER to MEL. Called up and got them linked. Wanted to put in an upgrade request to J. Was told that there is a possibility that only one of us might be upgraded without the other. This seems strange to me given two pax on a single booking make it an all or nothing upgrade. Given the bookings are linked, shouldn't this also be the case?

Anyone with experience or inside knowledge on this?

Thanks

 

[MEL_Traveller]

As far as I know linking bookings is just putting a reference in each booking that the other exists. Nothing else really much happens. It certainly doesn't combine the bookings into a single PNR.

As they remain two totally separate and distinct bookings - albeit with a note in each that the other exists - i would expect the upgrades to be processed separately from each other.

 

[eminere]

As far as I know linking bookings is just putting a reference in each booking that the other exists. Nothing else really much happens. It certainly doesn't combine the bookings into a single PNR.

As they remain two totally separate and distinct bookings - albeit with a note in each that the other exists - i would expect the upgrades to be processed separately from each other.

Both your points are my understanding too.

 

[Daver6]

Fair enough. I suppose that makes sense.

What's the value/advantage of having bookings linked though?

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Fair enough. I suppose that makes sense.

What's the value/advantage of having bookings linked though?

If done properly it might help with seating the party together. But these days of status and who gets what seats for free (and where) I'm not sure if linking always overrides that.

my friends used to link bookings for their infant on award travel. Ordinarily an infant can't be ticketed to fly alone, so the infant ticket was linked to one of the adults.

 

[opusman]

What's the value/advantage of having bookings linked though?

It means you can assign seats and check-in as if they were one booking.

 

[Falcs]

It was a couple of years ago but we had linked bookings (booked separately for travel insurance), and only one of us got upgraded