Some airline credit cards offer a companion ticket benefit, so you can bring along a friend for only the cost of taxes and fees
— offer companion ticket benefits that are identical to those fielded by their personal counterparts.Certain credit cards offer companion tickets for hitting a spending threshold either in a calendar or cardmember year.The Citi / AAdvantage Platinum card recently began offering a $125 American Airlines flight discount certificate for cardholders who spend $20,000 or more during an account year and also renew their card .
The Silver version's annual fee is $149 per year versus the Red's $99, and it is not open to new applicants, though you can upgrade to it from the Red card.The final type of companion travel benefit is for award flights rather than paid seats. The two notable contenders in this category are the British Airways Visa Signature® Card and the Virgin Atlantic World Elite Mastercard®.
What's more, the Travel Together ticket means you only need the Avios for one ticket in order to book two tickets, but you're still responsible for the taxes and fees on both, which can be thousands of dollars in premium cabins.Virgin Atlantic World Elite Mastercard
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