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How to Redeem Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code & My Important Warning

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Good morning everyone, happy Sunday!  I wanted to quickly thank everyone who braved the 100+ degree weather in Sacramento to attend my Sacramento Travel Hackers Meetup at In-N-Out yesterday.  It was great talking to you about miles and points.  I look forward to returning when the weather cools down a little bit.  A few weeks ago, I needed to purchase flights from San Francisco (SFO) to Las Vegas (LAS) on Virgin America.  I needed to go to Las Vegas for a specific weekend and I bought tickets somewhat last minute, so flights were expensive.  Here was the price for 2 round trip tickets on Virgin America. I found it odd that if I purchased the flights from Virgin America or through Google, the price was $729 total, but if I bought the same flights through Alaska Airlines, the price was only $613 total.  That seemed really strange to me.

I currently have a Comenity Virgin America Premium Visa Signature Credit Card which includes a Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code.  A few months ago, I wrote Comparing the Alaska Airlines $120 Companion Fare Code vs. Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code.  I remembered that I still had my Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code available that was going to expire in the next few months.  In this post, I will show you how to redeem your Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code and provide a warning before you use your Companion Discount Code.

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My Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code was set to expire on September 16, 2017, so I only had a few months left to redeem the Companion Discount Code.  I copied the Companion Discount Code and went over to Virgin America’s website to book the flights.

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I plugged in San Francisco (SFO) and Las Vegas (LAS) into the Virgin America website and clicked the Search Flights button.

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I selected my outbound and inbound travel dates from the calendar and clicked the Continue button.

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Before selecting my flights, I clicked the Promo Code button.

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I pasted the Companion Discount Code into text field and clicked the Enter A Promo Code button.

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With the Companion Discount Code entered, I selected my outbound and inbound flights.

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To make sure the Companion Discount Code was being applied, I selected the same flights, once with the standard price and the other using the Companion Discount Code.  The standard price was $688.80 and the Companion Discount Code price was $527.56, a savings of $161.24.

Before I booked the flight with the Virgin America $150 Companion Fare Discount, I decided to double check to make sure I was getting the best price, so I went to the Visa Infinite Discount Air Benefits page.  If you book travel on the Visa Infinite Discount Air Benefits page, you can get $100 off round trip domestic flights for 2 or more people (thanks to my JPMorgan Chase Ritz Carlton Visa Infinite Credit Card).  I plugged in my outbound and inbound travel dates and clicked the Search Flights button.

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With the $100 Visa Infinite discount, the price was $512.80, which was $14.76 cheaper than using the Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code.

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I was convinced that the Visa Infinite Discount Air Benefits page had the best price, but for completeness, I wanted to triple check and see if the Alaska Airlines Companion Fare Code would be even cheaper.  The Alaska Airlines Companion Fare Code allows you to purchase a ticket at full price and bring a companion for ~$120, regardless of the actual cost of the ticket.  Alaska Airlines is currently running a promotion if you get approved for a new Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Credit Card, your companion only pays the taxes and fees, so the companion ticket might be less than $30.  I have an “old” Alaska Airlines Companion Fare Code, so the price is ~$120 for my companion.  I entered my travel cities, outbound and inbound travel dates, and my Alaska Airlines Companion Fare Code, then clicked the Find Flights button.

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Since you can now redeem your Alaska Airlines Companion Fare Code for Virgin America flights, I selected the same Virgin America flights as before and clicked the Add to Cart button.

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To my surprise again, the price was $441.24, which was $71.56 cheaper than the Visa Infinite Discount Air Benefits price and $86.32 cheaper than using the Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code.

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I decided to book the Virgin America flights using the Alaska Airlines Companion Fare Code instead of using the Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code.  If you have the Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code, double and triple check that you are getting the cheapest option before booking.  If you have any questions about the Virgin America $150 Companion Discount Code or the Alaska Airlines Companion Fare Code, please leave a comment below.  Have a great Sunday everyone!

P.S. I am not sure what will happen to the Comenity Virgin America Premium Visa Signature Credit Card after the Alaska Airlines / Virgin America merger is complete.  My guess is that the Comenity Virgin America Premium Visa Signature Credit Card will convert into a Bank of America Alaska Airlines Visa Signature Credit Card, but that is still to be determined.


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