Buh-bye BofA
Well, this cinches it for me. Let me do the math:
Reduced redemption use of the companion certificate (which I've started using for First) +
No 1,000 per ticket booking bonus (which I value more than any other benefit) =
A VISA that simply earns miles plus having a more-limited companion feature
Oh. I forgot to mention this also leaves the joy of dealing with BofA customer service, which again chose not to notify me last month when my BofA AS VISA was compromised -- through no fault of my own -- by a third-party security breach. Instead my card just stopped working. Until I received, more than a week later, a letter and new card. For the second or third time since I've had the card.
That alone was going to lead me to cancel one of my two BofA VISAs by the renewal date. Now I definitely will cancel both and move my credit cards to BECU.