In plain English
A booking that was originally shared can be separated so the travellers are no longer all on the same reservation. After that, each person or group has its own reservation. This applies only when the original reservation covered two or more travellers.
In context
Here, it names the process of separating one shared reservation into different reservations for the travellers involved.
- Situation
- Changing trips, requesting refunds, reading disruption options, and handling travel documents
- What it communicates
- names the process of dividing one reservation when travelers need different arrangements.
Meaning limits
The term itself does not indicate why the travellers are being separated or what happens to the separate reservations afterward.
Examples
“At the counter, the clerk split the booking for the three travellers into separate reservations.”
“After the schedule change, the group asked the agent to split the booking.”