05-03-2024
01:34 PM
05-03-2024
01:34 PM
Thanks for your reply. I only added Early Bird for me since everywhere I had read led me to believe that my Companion would still receive a boarding position next to me. As I said, it worked like that on the MDW to SAV flight but not on the return. Makes me think that even if I had paid the extra $25 to add EB to my Companion she might have been given a position nearer to mine but not necessarily with me. Either way I'll just play it safe and go with manual check-in from here on out.
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05-02-2024
10:27 AM
05-02-2024
10:27 AM
Thanks for the responses so far. I think I'll just skip the Early Bird charge and check us both in (with separate confirmations - ugh) precisely at 24h before departure and get boarding positions closer to each other. A little more work but saves us some money and hassle!
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05-02-2024
06:25 AM
05-02-2024
06:25 AM
I recently booked a Wanna Get Away fare with points and added my wife as my Companion. I thought that if I added Early Bird we would be placed together in the boarding process. On the outbound flight it worked perfectly with A29 and A30 assigned. However on the return I also had Early Bird and checked us both in on the app about 22 hours before our flight to check our boarding positions and I was in A and she was in B with 60+ people boarding between us. Since she and I always take a window and center seat this wasn't an issue but still slightly disappointing and I was surprised that it worked for one leg and not the other.
I spoke to a couple check-in agents at SAV and they said it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't and said that a scenario such as another passenger cancelling their reservation could have bumped me up but left my companion at her original position.
Is there any way to make sure that consecutive boarding works consistently for myself and my Companion? In this case it seems that if I had simply forgone the Early Bird add to my ticket that we would have been much closer in line even if both in B?
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05-02-2024
06:08 AM
05-02-2024
06:08 AM
An interesting scenario that taught me a lesson but may be helpful to others going forward. I recently booked a Wanna Get Away fare with points and added my wife as my Companion. I thought that if I added Early Bird we would be placed together in the boarding process. On the outbound flight it worked perfectly with A29 and A30 assigned. However on the return I also had Early Bird and checked in about 22 hours before our flight to check our boarding position and I was A44 and she was B48 so we had 60+ people between us. Since she and I always take a window and center seat this wasn't an issue but still slightly disappointing and I was surprised that it worked for one leg and not the other.
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