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Old Nov 2, 2018 | 3:44 pm
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Blackfox
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Boston, MA
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Originally Posted by sydneyracquelle
My AMEX companion certs are only good for domestic travel so no cheap games like starting in YYZ or YVR. Not sure if you have the Reserve certs which allow paid first or Platinum certs which only allow main cabin.

I was talking about the Delta Platinum companion certificate

Originally Posted by mills1090
I am trying to do something similar. They cannot split a companion ticket, but you have to use the RUCs on yourself +1 so you have to be one of the two passengers on the companion ticket for it to work. Then obviously availability and pricing for upgrade to C+ of F on the 3rd person becomes an issue. It took me several calls just to get that answer, and there were no paid work around in my case without exorbitant differences since it was me+2 (they were on the companion cert).
But can you at least use the upgrade certificates on either yourself or the companion? I keep hearing different reports.
The 3rd passenger is less of an issue I think, because the pricing I've found doesn't seem to be so bad, plus I will have 2x$100 refunded from two BoA Premium Rewards Visa that are difficult to burn otherwise (unlike with my Amex Platinum, the $50 gift cards trick doesn't work with Visa)
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