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Companion Ticket for British Airways Visa cardmembers

Please read all terms and conditions (available by clicking here) before booking and ticketing this offer. Please note that this offer only applies to select, unrestricted, full fares and that terms and conditions include a Saturday night stay.


Booking and Ticketing Instructions

Booking Instructions

Reservations for both passengers MUST be booked on the same PNR and tickets must be issued at the same time for the same itinerary, class of service and dates.

Both flights must be booked using the following fare basis codes and booking classes:
Class of Service  Fare Type Inventory Class
 FirstF1USA
 Club WorldJ1USD
Club World (to beyond London/UK ONLY)C1USD*
 World Traveller PlusWUS, W1US T**
* You may use the Club World C1US fares for journeys beyond London/UKonly (e.g. NYC-JNB); Otherwise, you must use the J1US fare type. 
** For beyond-London segments that do not offer World Traveller Plus, book in B inventory.

Offer applies to the select, non-restricted, fully flexible, full airfares above, must be booked in the designated classes displayed, and is subject to availability of inventory.  Lower fares with advance purchase requirements and other restrictions may be available but do not apply to this offer.


The following must be included in the OSI field for all bookings:

OSI BA BA Visa US 2 for 1 Offer (A/TEST P1) *

OSI BA BA Visa US 2 for 1 Offer (Z/TEST P2)    

* (Please note:  P1 is the First Initial/Last Name of the full fare passenger and P2 is the First Initial/Last Name of the companion passenger.)



Ticketing Instructions

Agency must issue one ticket with the full gross published fare in the fare box, remitting the full gross published fare amount to British Airways, less $30. Agency will claim $30 as a transaction fee for issuing the full revenue ticket. The second ticket must be issued at $0.00 in the fare box, remitting $0.00 to British Airways with no transaction fee claimed for the free ticket (applicable taxes must be collected as if a full revenue ticket).

 For tickets issued in the US April 1, 2009 - December 31, 2010 (Only), the Financial Control number CN4365034 must appear in the Tour Code Box of both the Revenue and Free ticket and must be printed on both tickets by the Agency's CRS/GDS system. This control number cannot be handwritten. Tickets issued without the financial control number will not qualify for this agreement and will be subject to a debit memo.

 For tickets issued in Canada April 1, 2009 - December 31, 2010 (Only), the Financial Control Number X0000/4365034 must appear in the Tour Code Box of both the revenue ticket and the free ticket, and must be printed on both tickets by the Agency's CRS/GDS system.  This control number cannot be hand written and tickets issued without the Financial Control Number will not qualify for this agreement and will be subject to a debit memo.



Cross Referencing:  

Both tickets must be cross-referenced by adding the ticket type (e.g. COMP or REV) into the fare basis/ticket designator box immediately after the fare basis/ticket desginator.
 

For example:
 
The fare basis is J1US
The ticket type is REV
Correctly cross-referenced ticket:  J1USA/REV  

Endorsements:  

1.  The following must be printed in the Endorsement Box of BOTH TICKETS:
                     
                 "Must travel w/companion – companion passenger name."
 

2.  The following must be printed in the Endorsement box of the FULL FARE TICKET:
                     
                  "Non Ref/WO Companion-companion passenger name"
 

Tickets must be issued on British Airways, include round-trip transatlantic segments
on British Airways for both passengers, originate from North America, must be
paid for in US dollars, and must have all sectors closed to British Airways.The
revenue passenger must be a current Chase BA Visa© Signature account holder and
payment must be made with his/her Chase BA Visa credit card.
To ensure the
cardholder has a BA Visa there are special bin numbers assigned. The 4-digit bin
numbers for BA Visa cards are 4225, 4226, 4147, 4266, 4301, and 4417. These
bin numbers are the first 4 digits of the credit card number and must be on the credit
card used for payment.

This promotional offer must be taken at time of ticket issuance. Retroactive claims
for this offer cannot be honored.


Please read the terms and conditions carefully before booking.