I had been working on meeting the spend requirement and did so at the very end of the year. It took some tricks (Amazon Payments which is unfortunately dead) but I got it done. Anyway, I received the email that I would receive the ticket in my account shortly. I checked over the weekend and there it was.
While we already have a pair of BA tickets booked for this year, we'll definitely get great value out of the ticket. It's good for two years so we have all of 2015 and 2016 to use it. As an example, let's say you wanted to fly from Denver to London in BA First over Christmas. Normally, you'd pay 300,000 Avios and $2,509. With the travel together ticket, you'd save 150,000 Avios. I value them at around $.02 so the certificate would be worth around $3,000. Yes, it sucks to shell out $2,509 in taxes and fees but ultimately you'd pay more than that if you were straight away buying two coach ticket to London.
If you don't already have the card, you should definitely consider the Chase British Airways Visa especially if you can swing the $30,000 in 2015 spend to earn the Travel Together Ticket. The current promotion waives the annual fee (normally $95) for the first year and offers 50,000 British Airways Avios after $2,000 in spend in the first 90 days.
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