Your guide to spending Avios | 2015
Apr 17, 2015, 5:26 am
#437
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Is it possible to book Avios reward flights with Aer Lingus? If so is it only possible on the DUB-LON routes?
Apr 17, 2015, 5:30 am
#439
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Apr 17, 2015, 5:48 am
#440
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I would expect taxes and fees as follows
Austria ZY (ZY) €18.28
Austria AT (AT) €7.75
Austria QD (QD) €7.00
EI YQ surcharge (YQ) €16.55
EI YR surcharge (YR) €15.00
Apr 17, 2015, 5:57 am
#441
Join Date: Jul 2014
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Apr 17, 2015, 8:15 am
#442
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: New England
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Thanks for the response. My original itinery is HHH-CLT-BOS on US on Jul.13. US cancelled the HHH-CLT flight and BA automatically rebooked me onto a later HHH-CLT flight which results in getting into BOS two hours late. I want to travel in June instead but no award flights have been found.
Apr 17, 2015, 9:59 am
#443
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Thanks for the response. My original itinery is HHH-CLT-BOS on US on Jul.13. US cancelled the HHH-CLT flight and BA automatically rebooked me onto a later HHH-CLT flight which results in getting into BOS two hours late. I want to travel in June instead but no award flights have been found.
Apr 17, 2015, 10:21 am
#444
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Glasgow
Posts: 1
Avios redemption for oneworld partner codeshare
Can I use my Avios to book a oneworld partner codeshare? For example, can I book an AA codeshare (eg. Jet Airways operated) flight using Avios?
Is it kind of like the Aer Lingus thing where it's not seen online? I want to book BRU-YYZ, business or economy. I tried looking for reward space on AAdvantage for this route on Jet Airways but it doesn't show up (even for next year's travel).
Is it kind of like the Aer Lingus thing where it's not seen online? I want to book BRU-YYZ, business or economy. I tried looking for reward space on AAdvantage for this route on Jet Airways but it doesn't show up (even for next year's travel).
Apr 17, 2015, 10:45 am
#445
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Welcome to FT, jnam27!As a generalisation, you'll usually find that awards are only available on the flight number of the airline operating the flight. So although I don't know the answer for sure, the situation you're thinking of would be unusual. I expect that an AA frequent flyer wanting to redeem on a 9W flight would have to book an award using the 9W flight number because there would be no award seats on the AA flight number. And the same would apply to a BAEC member wanting to use Avios: there would be no award seats on the AA flight number, and therefore no chance of using Avios.
Apr 17, 2015, 12:38 pm
#446
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 308
Sorry, I am sure this has been answered before but are Avios seats released 355 days out at midnight UK time?
Apr 17, 2015, 1:23 pm
#447
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Apr 17, 2015, 2:39 pm
#448
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 308
Thanks, think I'll take my chances and book tomorrow morning, not staying up until 1am 
Apr 19, 2015, 5:19 pm
#449
Join Date: Jul 2005
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 63
If I'm booking the return leg on an Amex 241 for which I've already booked the outbound, it seems my best strategy is snapping the tickets up at 1am, calling exec club in the morning, and getting them to release them under the 24 hours policy and then grab them straight away when they go back into the availability pool. Is that right?
The other alternative looks like taking a chance with a non-UK call centre and hoping that they understand what I want to do and are able to process it properly.
The other alternative looks like taking a chance with a non-UK call centre and hoping that they understand what I want to do and are able to process it properly.
Apr 19, 2015, 6:05 pm
#450
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Location: London
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If I'm booking the return leg on an Amex 241 for which I've already booked the outbound, it seems my best strategy is snapping the tickets up at 1am, calling exec club in the morning, and getting them to release them under the 24 hours policy and then grab them straight away when they go back into the availability pool. Is that right?
The other alternative looks like taking a chance with a non-UK call centre and hoping that they understand what I want to do and are able to process it properly.
The other alternative looks like taking a chance with a non-UK call centre and hoping that they understand what I want to do and are able to process it properly.