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Old Jul 19, 2016 | 3:00 pm
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Originally Posted by gnomey
i see. good to know.
so basically the cardholder needs to be the one making the purchase, and not just pass on the code to someone else. in this case, the way the system verifies it is that the name on credit card used to pay for the tickets would need to match the name of the person having companion pass benefits (within their AS account)?
The cardholder must either fly, or buy. (And can do both.)

I think the validation is via last name, as I think I used my parents' companion pass, and accidentally used my card (since it was saved in my account) to pay without issue.
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