Originally Posted by
dlwfarm
Couple questions. I have 100,000 avios and want to use them. I would be flying from Cedar Rapids Iowa to San Francisco, Seattle or Sacramento. I can't seem to get 2 tickets. I want to leave and be back in 5 days. Anyone know the easiest way to find these tickets?
Also, how do I get a companion ticket free, I do not have the ba credit card anymore. Any ideas? Also, if I use get a free companion ticket, can I use my avios for the other ticket?
Where else could I go besides the U.S. (I live in Iowa) that I would have enough avios for? I need 2 adult tickets.
Thanks so much, Darwin
The only way I know of for a US based member to get a free companion ticket is a $30,000 spend in a calendar year on a a Chase BA Visa. The old Chase benefit of a free companion ticket when a full fare TATL ticket was purchased is no longer offered. Companion tickets (also known as 2-4-1 or travel together tickets) can only be used on BA metal so they wouldn't have helped you flying within the US.
You can look for award availability on AA and then call BA to book it. It has been discussed in this thread today.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...s-booking.html
There are several other threads discussing this, including this one.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ing-avios.html