Travel companions of retired staff cannot travel independently. Also the ability to change companions only applies as long as you have benefts. The worst part of the new policy is the restriction of benefits to time served (not even that, full years only and from date you because eligible, usually a year after you joined for older retireees). It is partiicularly unfair to existing retirees who expected to receive travel benefits for the rest of their lives. There is no mention in my retirement letter that benefits could be terminated, if I had any idea this could happen I might have worked longer to get more years. Also, as a previous poster noted, retireees of other airlines are not affected so they will still enjoy lifelong travel on BA due to the interline agreements. Is that fair in anyone's eyes? Current staff really need to support retirees in this battle because you never know what other benefits will be cut when you are a retiree.