Originally Posted by
Luger
I understand that the companion fare itself is in points, but what about the ORIGINAL ticket? Does the first ticket have to be paid with money? Or can I book ticket #1 with points and then use the certificate for the second, companion ticket?
They both have to be award tickets. It's not possible to book award and cash tickets together currently (not that I think their intent is to ever change how the new companion awards work).