Some British Airways Amex 2-4-1 companion vouchers extended by ANOTHER six months

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• Ali M says:

  13 Oct13 October 13:32

  would it be worth ringing them? Ours hasn’t been extended (due to expire in July 2021) Any email address we can send it to instead of calling

  • Grant says:

    13 Oct13 October 13:34

    “this new extension only applies to vouchers due to expire by 31st March 2021.”

  • Rhys says:

    13 Oct13 October 13:46

    This extension is only for vouchers expiring until March.

    • Ali M says:

      13 Oct13 October 13:53

      Thank you Grant and Rhys

    • Aleks says:

      14 Oct14 October 08:39

      Hy Rhys, we’ve got two 2-4-1 vouchers in our household, the first was issued 31/7/19 and expired 31/7/21 and was then extended to 31/1/22. The second was issued 14/8/19 and expired 14/8/21 and has been extended to 14/2/22.

      From what I understand of your article both these should be extended for another six months – however on checking our accounts neither has been extended. Should it have been extended and should I chase it? Thanks for your help and advice.

      • Rob says:

        14 Oct14 October 08:40

        No. Only vouchers with expiry dates before 30/3/21 get extended again.

      • Rhys says:

        14 Oct14 October 08:45

        No – this is only for vouchers with an expiry before 31st March 2021. Both of your vouchers run into 2022!

• VinZ says:

  13 Oct13 October 23:22

  I contacted them to ask for an extension on mine which expires in May. I did this before this news was out – they responded declining. Possibly it’ll be extended in a couple of months, automatically…

• Will CARPMAEL says:

  14 Oct14 October 06:56

  Lloyd’s avios vouchers were being extended only to 31/12/20 last week if you called. Anyone know if they get another 6mo now?

• Graham Walsh says:

  14 Oct14 October 08:46

  My voucher that was expiring next month has been extended. I can’t remember if I can call up, will they swap the voucher used. I rebooked a trip last week using a voucher that expires in 2022, I can use this one up in March (if we can fly) before it expires now.

• Kevin B says:

  14 Oct14 October 09:08

  Are we saying that those of us who need to spend 10k to trigger our next voucher between April and September next year would be advised to try and trigger it before end of March to benefit from the 6 month extension?

  • Rob says:

    14 Oct14 October 09:49

    Correct. But we said the same at the end of June and September and they kept extending it!

• Chuck says:

  14 Oct14 October 09:47

  There is still hope that may extend my Gold card then ? Made my 1500 TP but as a July renewal I only get until August 21 to use the benefits … not much chance of that. Even less chance of hitting the new soft target.
  Anyone else in the same position ?

• 20-Horse says:

  14 Oct14 October 10:18

  Hi, I used a voucher, issued 24/11/18 to book flights to Mauritius and back from Durban, when the pandemic struck, we shifted the back from Durban to back from Mauritius – no charge, then BA cancelled Mauritius, so we just shifted them to and from JNB for January. Now the voucher shows used, obviously, and shows expiry 24/05/21. Now with SA looking dodgy for early new year, we thought about shifting again to the USA in September. As it stands, the voucher will have expired, but just wondered what the smart people might think of our chances of changing the flights and keeping the use of the voucher? Thanks.

  • Anna says:

    14 Oct14 October 12:27

    FTV will extend the validity of your 241 to April 2022, or hang on a bit and see if BA starts extending more vouchers.

    • 20-Horse says:

      19 Oct19 October 08:51

      Thank you, called this morning to BA and the US flights in September return October were available and I had to take a Future Travel Voucher for the JNB for January and then call to re book to USA. Done, no trouble, so the FTV did indeed extend the life of the companion voucher. Very Useful. Thanks for your help. Best wishes.

• Bagginsurrey says:

  14 Oct14 October 16:49

  When I used a 241 previously, I was able to book out and back at the same time as after 355 days out. I’ve just booked an outgoing 241 flight on lIne at 1am for Oct 21 and I’m waiting for return flight to appear. I know that I need to ring BA to add return to my booking and I’ve googled the USA and Japan numbers for ringing on seat release but has anyone got known correct numbers please? Thank you.

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