How do I buy tickets for 2 adults: one comes back and the other stays?

Question

I'm traveling overseas with my mother and I intend to come back within a week so I would want to buy a round trip ticket for me but my mom will stay there for several months. We want to go together on same plane and sit next to each other. How do I book the tickets thru AA? =\

Answer 1

Use two windows, both signed on to aa.com. First check on space to destination, pick your flight, and check on the seat map to see if there is space for both of you. Use one window for you, the other for your mother. Get the seats together and finish up with your mothers, and then finish yours.

Or you can call AA reservations and tell the agent what you want to do and she/he will take care of it for you.

Regards,

Dan

Answer 2

You would book two reservations one with her name and one with your name. You can then tell the agent that both of you are going together on the first flight and you want to sit next to each other. Then you can reserve her seats and your seats on the return.

This is the only way since if you were on the same PNR you would need to go at the  same time.