@CreditScholar wrote:Is there any chance you can use the companion ticket with the Chase BA card?
CS,
I could use it in certain circumstances, but not enough for it to really be much of a bonus for me beause of the way it has to be used. First of all, it has to be used on BA, it can't be used on any of their partner airlines (AA, Iberia, etc) like the Avios themselves can be. Also, you have to originate and finish in the United States. This means that you will have to take an inter-country flights on BA, which means you are going to get taxed like crazy. Even in the small print, it says that it comes with taxes between 600-1200+ for BOTH the person using Avios and the companion using the ticket.
One of the travel blogs did an article showing that it could save money if you were going to take a first class trip halfway around the world, where the tickets would normally run 10K, it would only cost 2.5k with the pass. But that's not me. I'd rather take flights from LAX to the Hawaiian Islands with pretty much no fees, or maybe to other parts of the US, or transfer some Avios to Iberia or another partner airline (that doesn't screw you with surcharges) if I want to go out of the country.
That AMEX EDP card really sounds interesting.
