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Frequent Miler on the Air

Two for the price of one: How to get a free companion ticket | Ep218 | 9-2-23

Frequent Miler on the Air

Frequent Miler

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Leisure, Aviation

4.9640 Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Want a companion to fly with you for free? There are many different companion tickets on the market, but some are far better than others. This week, we discuss which ones are worth it, how to get them, and they they are special.

00:00 Intro

01:08 Giant Mailbag

03:33 What crazy thing . . . did Bilt Rewards do?

https://frequentmiler.com/no-official-bilt-welcome-offer-after-all/

07:07 Award Talk: Booking Turkish via email within 6 hours

https://frequentmiler.com/yes-you-can-still-book-united-flights-through-turkish-miles-smiles/

13:12 Main Event: Two for the price of one: How to get a free companion ticket

https://frequentmiler.com/travel-companion-tickets/

15:28 British Airways Companion Ticket

21:05 Iberia Companion Ticket

22:27 Aer Lingus Companion Ticket

24:13 Cathay Pacific Companion Ticket

25:06 Virgin Atlantic Companion Ticket

29:30 American Airlines Companion Tickets

34:02 Alaska Companion Ticket

https://frequentmiler.com/alaska-airlines-companion-fare-guide/

41:18 Delta Companion Tickets

46:46 Southwest Companion Pass

https://frequentmiler.com/complete-guide-southwest-companion-pass/

https://frequentmiler.com/no-southwest-airlines-is-not-a-valuable-transfer-partner/

59:37 Air Canada Companion Ticket

1:00:56 Question of the Week: How did you earn a Companion Pass through a shopping portal in a month?

Music credit: Annie Yoder

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0:00.0

This is a Voyescape podcast.

0:03.9

You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com.

0:10.8

Let's get into the giant mailbag.

0:13.5

What crazy thing did City this week?

0:17.5

It's time for mattress running the numbers.

0:19.8

Ready for the main event the main event frequent

0:22.6

miler on the air starts now today's main event two for the price of one how to get a free companion

0:31.3

ticket you want to bring a friend for free right everybody wants to bring somebody along for free

0:37.1

yeah well especially with the way prices are these days i mean airfare has been bring a friend for free, right? Everybody wants to bring somebody along for free. Yeah, well,

0:37.8

especially with the way prices are these days. I mean, airfare has been going through the roof,

0:42.5

so why not save half off, basically, if you're flying with two people anyway. I like two for the

0:49.8

price of one better than two for the price of two. I know that. That's for sure. So, yeah, so I am in

0:58.4

deep vacation mode and Nick designed today's show entirely without me. So I'm sort of the

1:04.5

passenger today. I'm going to be like just hanging out and like the companion. Freeloading.

1:10.0

I'm going to be like the companion. Yeah, i'm the free companion for today's show um now this free companion did bring uh some bags along in fact he brought one giant mail bag along so see what i did there? Dad joke alert.

1:31.5

I did bring one piece of giant mail, and this comes from Kelly.

1:39.3

Kelly says Greg and Nick, I thoroughly enjoy your podcast and look forward to my Sunday morning walk so I can listen to it uninterrupted.

1:42.2

Here are the top things I appreciate most.

1:44.4

One, all the great information.

1:46.8

You're always the first to spread tips and tricks.

1:48.3

Love the wide variety of topics.

1:51.9

Two, that each of the topics are timestamped.

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