Help!! I have fallen victim of the Amex statement saying you need to spend X to get a companion ticket and then finding out that some of the transactions on the statement are used to "help" you get to the figure of X.

Bottom line - I have triggered my Companion ticket 10 days too early (i.e. needed the 2 year expiry option ) I still have 6 months before the end of my membership year so can't start earning my next companion ticket until December. This has blown our 2010 holiday plans.

Any suggestions? Anyone ever got AMEX or BA to extend the companion ticket?