Beside the problem of the limited award availability,
The problem of having to fly with the companion all the way is not very good.
More over when you use miles to fly you don t get any Status miles.
With the LX companion when you buy a C tket for 4000 to the US and spend 75'000 miles for the companion plus tax you get 2 C tkts for less then 5000 CHF plus status miles for one pax.... plus the usually a good availability for both tkts since they are in the same class....
I hope the will change the program
kooks.