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British Airways Companion Voucher Now Valid for One-Way Travel

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 21, 2014 5 Comments

British Airways offers a companion voucher when you accrue more than $30,000 in spending on its Chase-branded credit card. With this voucher, you can redeem your BA Avios for a complimentary companion ticket, paying only the taxes and fuel surcharge on the second ticket. Although BA’s exorbitant fuel surcharges often make the use of the voucher a poor value (I let mine expire…), if you are traveling to Europe, the Middle East, or South Africa the voucher can come in handy.

One annoying restriction on the voucher was the inability to use the voucher for a one-way trip. Open-jaws, mixed cabins, and stopovers are all fine (all flights must be on British Airways metal and originate in the USA), but one-way trips were prohibited. Back when BA still had a U.S. call center this rule was rarely enforced, but since the UK call centers now handle all Avios reservations, I have not been able to find one agent willing to book the vouchers for only one-way travel.

But the rules have changed – one-way redemptions are now permitted.

I called tonight to book an award for a client and the agent read me a memo stating that one-way award redemptions using the companion voucher are now permitted and such functionality will soon be introduced to the British Airways Executive Club website.

The thought of using a companion voucher on a one-way ticket to Europe (paying only about $450 per ticket in taxes/fees) then finding another, cheaper way home seems to be a more attractive way to put the voucher to good use for those budget-conscious travellers who want to experience BA Club World or First Class without spending so much out of pocket.

Looks for the changes to be loaded online soon, but if you need to redeem for a one-way trip now, you can call and do so. Happy hold time!

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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5 Comments

  1. Graham Reply
    August 23, 2014 at 6:48 pm

    In theory this is nice, but just tried running a search for Biz class from ATX-LHR next April one way and it returned $8600 for a one way fare. Only about $4500 roundtrip. Any work arounds to that?

  2. Matthew Reply
    August 23, 2014 at 8:44 pm

    @Graham, return using your points as well, but use Air Berlin or Aer Lingus, which have no fuel surcharge.

  3. Dimitri Reply
    February 6, 2015 at 3:17 pm

    Is it still true? It ways that travel must originate and end in US…

  4. Matthew Reply
    February 6, 2015 at 7:59 pm

    Dimitri, Travel must originate in the USA, but if you use the voucher on a one-way basis, you do not have to end in the United States.

  5. Dimitri Reply
    February 7, 2015 at 12:03 am

    Thank you!!

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