Originally Posted by
Steve in Olympia
This is true for the U.K.-based Amex 2-4-1 voucher, but it is not true for the U.S.-based Chase 2-4-1 voucher. The Terms & Conditions are very clear:
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Companions do not have to be named within a BA Executive Club Household Account. Members can choose to take anyone as a Companion on their redemption voucher booking."
The U.S. Terms & Conditions can be found here:
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...s/public/en_us
This must be a relatively new rule because when I used a 2for1 in November of 2011 with a friend, I had to add him to my HHA and then remove him 6 months later - so certainly this change is a nice welcome.
HOWEVER, with this new rule, how do you redeem a voucher with someone not on your HHA? When you try to redeem online and enter your desired itinerary, and just select yourself as a traveler, unchecking boxes of those in your HHA, thre's no box that pops up asking you to enter the non-HHA companion? So does this mean the reservation cannot be completed online if your companion is not in your HHA - you have to do it over the phone?