Old-Style Companion Tickets?
Feb 4, 2013, 10:56 am
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Old-Style Companion Tickets?
Folks,
I used to use the old Chase 2-for-1 ticket deal for buying full-fare companion tickets on BA. This worked for me because we usually needed the flexibility of a full fare and Avios redemption availability for SFO->LHR is, um, *horrible*.
As far as I can see, the Chase BA Visa card only offers Avios redemption certificates now (based on the $30K spend). Does anyone know whether other credit cards offer full-fare companion tickets on BA these days? I've seen google references to Carte Blanche (and I'd consider a card just for this) but I wanted to ask here before digging around some more.
Cheers!
Scott...
I used to use the old Chase 2-for-1 ticket deal for buying full-fare companion tickets on BA. This worked for me because we usually needed the flexibility of a full fare and Avios redemption availability for SFO->LHR is, um, *horrible*.
As far as I can see, the Chase BA Visa card only offers Avios redemption certificates now (based on the $30K spend). Does anyone know whether other credit cards offer full-fare companion tickets on BA these days? I've seen google references to Carte Blanche (and I'd consider a card just for this) but I wanted to ask here before digging around some more.
Cheers!
Scott...
Feb 4, 2013, 11:48 am
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Haven't seen the chase offer in some time:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...a-two-one.html
As mentioned in the thread some Amex's used to offer a similar benefit (in some cases, iirc, not tied to a specific airline).
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...a-two-one.html
As mentioned in the thread some Amex's used to offer a similar benefit (in some cases, iirc, not tied to a specific airline).