[PREM FARE GONE] Ba/aa cai-lhr-lax-hnl (840 tp)= us$1556
Sep 18, 2017, 9:56 pm
#346
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Sep 18, 2017, 10:00 pm
#347
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Correct. Egypt was a British colony for almost 70 years. As in India, Kenya, or Hong Kong, it is easy to manage in English. Most people are very courteous and helpful. You just need to exercise normal travel common sense. When you first arrive, have your hotel's airport car meet you. After that, go about your visit normally, just avoid obvious hustlers and deals too good to be true.
Sep 18, 2017, 10:09 pm
#348
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If you are flying LHR-USA on BA, then you depart from T5 itself, so 2 hrs is quite relaxed.
If you are departing on AA, then you have to change terminals to T3. It is still not risky, but let's say somewhat less relaxed. Follow "Flight Connections" and don't get too distracted.
Please note that it is the operating carrier that matters here, not marketing one.
Sep 19, 2017, 3:56 am
#350
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I've had a great TA almost book my ticket. However when trying to apply my Gold Upgrade the support line have said the flights all have to be BA codeshares, is this true. I'm only trying to upgrade the TATL ones so don't really see why the LAX-HNL flights can't be a AA ticket.
All that being said I assume there are BA codeshares on those legs so could just change those to BA Codeshares or will it mess up the fare?
All that being said I assume there are BA codeshares on those legs so could just change those to BA Codeshares or will it mess up the fare?
Sep 19, 2017, 4:03 am
#351
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I've had a great TA almost book my ticket. However when trying to apply my Gold Upgrade the support line have said the flights all have to be BA codeshares, is this true. I'm only trying to upgrade the TATL ones so don't really see why the LAX-HNL flights can't be a AA ticket.
All that being said I assume there are BA codeshares on those legs so could just change those to BA Codeshares or will it mess up the fare?
All that being said I assume there are BA codeshares on those legs so could just change those to BA Codeshares or will it mess up the fare?
Q: Can I use the voucher on an itinerary that includes non-BA flights?
With a booking direct with BA this is fine. For a TA booking you can’t include non-BA flights. However, there are the occasional reports of a few slipping through where some Travel Agents have managed to apply a GUF to a booking which includes both BA and non-BA flights on BA codeshares.
(http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ki-thread.html)
It seems your TA is correct.
There are BA codeshare on the LAX-HNL flights. However, I remember reading someone say that these could only be tagged on to a BA booking. I don't know the answer to that though.
Sep 19, 2017, 4:12 am
#352
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From the GUF wiki:
Q: Can I use the voucher on an itinerary that includes non-BA flights?
With a booking direct with BA this is fine. For a TA booking you can’t include non-BA flights. However, there are the occasional reports of a few slipping through where some Travel Agents have managed to apply a GUF to a booking which includes both BA and non-BA flights on BA codeshares.
(http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ki-thread.html)
It seems your TA is correct.
There are BA codeshare on the LAX-HNL flights. However, I remember reading someone say that these could only be tagged on to a BA booking. I don't know the answer to that though.
Q: Can I use the voucher on an itinerary that includes non-BA flights?
With a booking direct with BA this is fine. For a TA booking you can’t include non-BA flights. However, there are the occasional reports of a few slipping through where some Travel Agents have managed to apply a GUF to a booking which includes both BA and non-BA flights on BA codeshares.
(http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ki-thread.html)
It seems your TA is correct.
There are BA codeshare on the LAX-HNL flights. However, I remember reading someone say that these could only be tagged on to a BA booking. I don't know the answer to that though.
Sep 19, 2017, 11:05 am
#354
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I've had a great TA almost book my ticket. However when trying to apply my Gold Upgrade the support line have said the flights all have to be BA codeshares, is this true. I'm only trying to upgrade the TATL ones so don't really see why the LAX-HNL flights can't be a AA ticket.
All that being said I assume there are BA codeshares on those legs so could just change those to BA Codeshares or will it mess up the fare?
All that being said I assume there are BA codeshares on those legs so could just change those to BA Codeshares or will it mess up the fare?
Sep 19, 2017, 11:14 am
#355
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Did you book it using multi segments option or just straight forward CAI to HNL? Also did you get booked in A class on JFK-LAX-JFK sectors or in I class?
Sep 19, 2017, 11:31 am
#356
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I had stopovers in LAX (since I live there) so I did a multi-segment search on Orbitz for CAI-LAX/LAX-HNL/HNL-LAX/LAX-CAI. I recall possibly having done London to break up one the LAX-CAI segment as since it wasn't giving me the BA coded AA flight I wanted. I forced "British Airways" as the carrier to get the BA codes since it yielded better miles/EQDs for me when crediting to AA.
Everything was I class -- I didn't have a JFK/LAX segment per my routing in the original post above.
Sep 19, 2017, 12:57 pm
#358
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BA codes within USA are normally only available when connecting to/from real BA flights.
Sep 19, 2017, 1:14 pm
#359
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Sep 19, 2017, 1:21 pm
#360
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