Chase BA Companion Ticket $30,000 Spend
May 29, 2014, 9:46 am
#601
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If there has been a reduction in redemption availability then of course you're right and that's nothing to do with Chase. I was referring to the vast additional demand created by those zillions of Chase Avios increasing the competition to grab whatever inventory is made available for awards.
By BA? By Chase? Or by bloggers pushing the card?
By BA? By Chase? Or by bloggers pushing the card?
May 29, 2014, 10:17 am
#602
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The more responsible bloggers quickly addressed taxes and fees, as did posters in the FT thread from the very first page on. So no one on FT should really to be claiming unfair surprise.
May 29, 2014, 10:42 am
#603
Join Date: Jun 2008
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The value of the Chase BA card is really the 10% off BA fares (including taxes!). Basically, using the card on any but the very cheapest TATL fares will make it pay for itself. That's what keeps the card worth it (plus the convenience of chip + sig card, if you don't have another one with that capability, which many US residents still don't).
Jun 2, 2014, 4:34 pm
#604
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I have an existing award reservation for two I paid the full award amount for that I would like to modify to make a 2-4-1 instead. Basically the goal is to keep the existing TATL award legs and adding another destination but also changing the whole thing to a 2-4-1 to get a rebate on the points; possible?
Jun 2, 2014, 5:55 pm
#605
Join Date: Aug 2001
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I have an existing award reservation for two I paid the full award amount for that I would like to modify to make a 2-4-1 instead. Basically the goal is to keep the existing TATL award legs and adding another destination but also changing the whole thing to a 2-4-1 to get a rebate on the points; possible?
DAK
Jun 2, 2014, 6:55 pm
#606
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I have an existing award reservation for two I paid the full award amount for that I would like to modify to make a 2-4-1 instead. Basically the goal is to keep the existing TATL award legs and adding another destination but also changing the whole thing to a 2-4-1 to get a rebate on the points; possible?
Jul 11, 2014, 2:26 pm
#607
Join Date: May 2004
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Couldnt find the answer from search. Sorry, if i missed it. thnx in advance.
am fast approaching the 30k spend. planning to use it sometime next year for us-india on F. is there a way to redeem it online for me, my wife and our infant daughter?
am fast approaching the 30k spend. planning to use it sometime next year for us-india on F. is there a way to redeem it online for me, my wife and our infant daughter?
Jul 11, 2014, 2:45 pm
#608
Join Date: Aug 2001
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For your infant, which I assume you are going to take as a lap child, then you will need to purchase a separate ticket at 10% of going rates.... that is 10% of the adult F fare. For the infant you will need to telephone BA and have them ticket that separately for the same flights you are on. Look for flights with A class availability so your infant ticket can be priced in A not F fare class which will save a little.
DAK
Jul 11, 2014, 4:30 pm
#609
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You can redeem online for simple round trip. Once the 2-for-1 is in your account you can select if you want to use it when booking an award.
For your infant, which I assume you are going to take as a lap child, then you will need to purchase a separate ticket at 10% of going rates.... that is 10% of the adult F fare. For the infant you will need to telephone BA and have them ticket that separately for the same flights you are on. Look for flights with A class availability so your infant ticket can be priced in A not F fare class which will save a little.
DAK
For your infant, which I assume you are going to take as a lap child, then you will need to purchase a separate ticket at 10% of going rates.... that is 10% of the adult F fare. For the infant you will need to telephone BA and have them ticket that separately for the same flights you are on. Look for flights with A class availability so your infant ticket can be priced in A not F fare class which will save a little.
DAK
From the BAEC terms and conditions:
15.3. Infants (less than 2 years of age) travelling with a Member on a flight Reward will travel for ten percent of the Avios Points required for the Member's flight Reward if they do not have their own seat. Children (2 years of age or older) and infants who require their own seat will be "charged" the full Avios Points for the relevant destination
Here are some threads where people booked the Chase 241 with lap infants:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...rtificate.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...t=infant+chase
They are a quite a bit more threads about infants and the UK Amex voucher.
If you have a household account you can add the infant to the household account and book that way. If you do not have a household account then you have to call to add the infant.
Also see this thread (and the links within):
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...t-booking.html
Jul 11, 2014, 5:56 pm
#610
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,053
dkerr's advice is relevant for an AA infant fare but with BA the lap infant fare cost is in avios when avios are being redeemed for the parent (plus 10% of the taxes).
From the BAEC terms and conditions:
http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/...&link=main_nav
Here are some threads where people booked the Chase 241 with lap infants:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...rtificate.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...t=infant+chase
They are a quite a bit more threads about infants and the UK Amex voucher.
If you have a household account you can add the infant to the household account and book that way. If you do not have a household account then you have to call to add the infant.
Also see this thread (and the links within):
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...t-booking.html
From the BAEC terms and conditions:
http://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/...&link=main_nav
Here are some threads where people booked the Chase 241 with lap infants:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...rtificate.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...t=infant+chase
They are a quite a bit more threads about infants and the UK Amex voucher.
If you have a household account you can add the infant to the household account and book that way. If you do not have a household account then you have to call to add the infant.
Also see this thread (and the links within):
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...t-booking.html
DAK
Jul 25, 2014, 11:04 am
#611
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Is there anyway to track spending towards this beside tallying up the monthly cc spend?
Jul 25, 2014, 11:08 am
#612
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Jul 25, 2014, 10:08 pm
#614
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Aug 6, 2014, 11:16 am
#615
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