Chase BA Companion Ticket $30,000 Spend
Jan 12, 2011, 12:04 pm
#241
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,833
Redemption is subject to availability of award seats, of course. For peak season travel, I made the booking one year in advance. The other redemption was for the off-season (October), and I found first-class seats available only a week prior to departure (SEA-LHR).
The vouchers are a good deal.
Jan 12, 2011, 12:07 pm
#242
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Menlo Park, CA, USA
Programs: UA 1MM 0P, AA, DL, *wood, Lifetime FPC Plat., IHG, HHD
Posts: 6,912
Yep, I can say that using the 241 is VERY easy. I made a recent reservation using BA miles, 270K miles for F to india (I had done a transfer of AMEX MR miles with a 30% bonus, so it only really cost about 200K miles) and used the 241, no questions asked, no blacked out dates, no restrictions or controls, nothing. Just another ca. 15,000$ F seat from SFO to LHR with stopover and on to BOM and back from DEL in full F for free. Best use of spending 30K on a card I have done in YEARS
Jan 12, 2011, 12:12 pm
#243
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: DFW
Programs: AA Lifetime Platinum, Hyatt Plat Hilton Gold, SPG Gold, Club Carl Gold, IHG Plat
Posts: 1,002
Have reserved it without issue. Originally booked DFW/LHR/NBO in J outbound, JNB/LHR/DFW in F inbound. Changed our minds and were able to get the 241 redeposited to do DFW/LHR/DBX/LHR/DFW, J out, F in. Takes a little time on the phone, but VERY worth it in my opinion.
Jan 13, 2011, 10:05 am
#244
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Seattle, WA
Programs: Starwood Platinum, Hilton Diamond, AS MVP Gold, Continental Gold
Posts: 2
Thanks so much for all the quick replies. I've travelled extensively for years and am always looking for the best value in a CC. This one looks hard to beat. The taxes and fees suck but the value is still there.
Jan 13, 2011, 10:22 am
#245
Join Date: Jan 2005
Posts: 47
Yep, I can say that using the 241 is VERY easy. I made a recent reservation using BA miles, 270K miles for F to india (I had done a transfer of AMEX MR miles with a 30% bonus, so it only really cost about 200K miles) and used the 241, no questions asked, no blacked out dates, no restrictions or controls, nothing. Just another ca. 15,000$ F seat from SFO to LHR with stopover and on to BOM and back from DEL in full F for free. Best use of spending 30K on a card I have done in YEARS
Jan 13, 2011, 11:28 am
#246
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Menlo Park, CA, USA
Programs: UA 1MM 0P, AA, DL, *wood, Lifetime FPC Plat., IHG, HHD
Posts: 6,912
The taxes and FUEL SURCHARGES were about 750$ a ticket, ex SFO, it was nearly 950$ ex ORD for another couple travelling with us. In the end, it wasn't crazy $$ but still not totally free as some would say, but heck, it was basically free for me what with the 200K we got for signing up for the BA cards, plus about 75K after spending 30K each on the respective cards. No brainer,
Jan 15, 2011, 10:40 am
#247
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: MIA
Programs: AA EXP, Marriott Lifetime Plat
Posts: 493
Yep, I can say that using the 241 is VERY easy. I made a recent reservation using BA miles, 270K miles for F to india (I had done a transfer of AMEX MR miles with a 30% bonus, so it only really cost about 200K miles) and used the 241, no questions asked, no blacked out dates, no restrictions or controls, nothing. Just another ca. 15,000$ F seat from SFO to LHR with stopover and on to BOM and back from DEL in full F for free. Best use of spending 30K on a card I have done in YEARS
Mar 22, 2011, 10:25 am
#248
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New York, NY, USA
Programs: SPG GL, AA GL
Posts: 2,591
The fuel surcharges / taxes on my award tix will be close to $1K. These are refundable if I cancel the awards, correct? All I have to pay is $50 pp cancellation fee?
Just want to be absolutely sure.
Just want to be absolutely sure.
Mar 22, 2011, 10:51 am
#249
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Programs: BA Silver, EK Silver, VS Gold Hilton Gold, Hyatt Diamond, SPG Gold,
Posts: 326
Also the award will then reappear on your profile so you can use it in the future.
I just made a change on my award ticket and it ended up giving me credit for a stop over in LHR on the way in which kicked back 300 in taxes to me. I think for my PHL-LHR-MUC TXL-LHR-PHL trip in F and CE the total was 1400usd.
May 2, 2011, 1:25 am
#250
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 6,359
Hi Eric - Yes, LCY-ZRH is BA CityFlyer. I dug around on this issue a bit before going for the tickets. The voucher says "Companion vouchers cannot be redeemed for travel with BA's franchisees, code share partners or oneworld Alliance members". According to the BA website, BA CityFlyer is wholly owned subsidiary of BA - not a franchisee. So unless BA spins off CityFlyer or changes the terms of the voucher, you should be able to use the voucher on CityFlyer.
Comair out of Johannesburg and Sun-Air out of Denmark are franchisees, so according to the voucher you wouldn't be able to make connecting flights on those.
https://www.britishairways.com/trave...club/_gf/en_us
Comair out of Johannesburg and Sun-Air out of Denmark are franchisees, so according to the voucher you wouldn't be able to make connecting flights on those.
https://www.britishairways.com/trave...club/_gf/en_us
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16313367-post7.html
May 3, 2011, 12:14 pm
#251
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: N/A
Programs: UA AA and more
Posts: 353
The scary thing about this voucher is realizing how much I spend.
I paused using the BA card to take advantage of 4 AA 75K bonus cards (2 for me 2 for the ms) each had $4K spend, and then after we are done with the spending requirement of those (which wasn't exactly 4K each but somewhat more) we are back on the BA card...as things go so far with some planned expenses I estimate we reach the $30K around July or so...$50K spend (add a 50K CO card with some spending on it) in just a little over 6 months...I'm running out of cards to churn
I paused using the BA card to take advantage of 4 AA 75K bonus cards (2 for me 2 for the ms) each had $4K spend, and then after we are done with the spending requirement of those (which wasn't exactly 4K each but somewhat more) we are back on the BA card...as things go so far with some planned expenses I estimate we reach the $30K around July or so...$50K spend (add a 50K CO card with some spending on it) in just a little over 6 months...I'm running out of cards to churn
May 3, 2011, 2:14 pm
#252
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: BAEC Silver, AA Platinum, Amex Platinum, SPG Amex
Posts: 174
Tupelo: Can you confirm whether you booked your BOGO on the Internet or via BA phone reservations? Although the above info Splittin' Aces gives seems valid and would seem to follow common sense and T&Cs, in fact if you try to make this booking via phone Reservations, they will not allow you to book CityFlyer flights I have found:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16313367-post7.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/16313367-post7.html
May 3, 2011, 5:09 pm
#253
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Sacramento, CA
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Hyatt,Marriott,BA,AS
Posts: 4,428
If you have to call BA to make an open-jaw booking using the Chase Compnion Award voucher, do you have to pay the fee for a phone reservation? Since BA.com is incapable of handling an open-jaw I would think the phone fee should be waived.
May 3, 2011, 8:12 pm
#254
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Washington DC
Programs: Hilton Diamond, Hyatt Diamond, SW AList, Delta Platinum
Posts: 150
I apologize if this has already been asked - but can the companion pass be used on multi-destination tickets (fly IAD to LHR - then CDG IAD)? Many thanks!
May 3, 2011, 8:36 pm
#255
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Sacramento, CA
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Hyatt,Marriott,BA,AS
Posts: 4,428
Yes it can. It's called an open-jaw ticket and it's the reason I asked the question (right before yours) about making those reservations.