So you're essentially booking an award ticket for two for half the miles. I earned a travel together ticket back in late 2014 which was slated to expire in early December. If you do it right and book a first class ticket, the benefit is worth 200,000+ British Airways Avios. Not a bad deal for putting $30K in spend on one card.
One of the biggest complaints about the ticket is finding roundtrip award availability. I probably would have had no trouble had I booked further out but just started looking for a November trip a couple of weeks ago. While I wasn't able to found roundtrip availability that matched dates we could travel, I was able to find a day that worked for us on the outbound.
I actually had no idea that you could book the travel together ticket as a one-way! I found availability on the direct BA flight from Denver to London (which is great so we don't have to position anywhere) and from London to Dubai. I was able to search, book, and ticket everything online!
The total price for both first class tickets was 153,000 Avios and ~$1,550 in taxes. Even better, American Express is currently running a transfer bonus for Avios. With the bonus, I transferred 90,000 Membership Rewards points which became 108,000 Avios. Combined with my Avios balance, that was enough to book the ticket. So the actual ticket cost 135,000 Avios/MR points - not a bad deal for 2 in the pointy end of a 747 all the way to Dubai.
Especially considering the cash cost is running north of $12,000 per ticket!
Obviously we need to find a way home but with more options and less restrictions, that shouldn't be a problem. Stay tuned as the trip comes together!
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