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Apr 3, 2012 | 8:35 am

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Originally Posted by TIMOS

Hi All

I am wanting to book two adults LAX-Cabo-LAX round trip on an Alaska Airlines flight using my Avios points.

The BA site quotes the Amount of Avios needed roundtrip as:

Economy: 15,000
Business/Club: 30,000
First: 45,000

This is an Alaska flight to Mexico so obviously it's a 2 cabin plane with domestic "First" class, not a 3 cabin plane

The BA call centre is telling me to to book an Alaskan first class flight it would be 45,000 Avios round trip as it's First Class. I tried explaining it's only a 2 cabin plane, so wouldn't it be the Business/Club level - 30,000.

He insisted no.

How does this work? Any advice. Thanks!

Are you sure that the front cabin on a flight to/from Mexico is sold as "First Class" by AS? On AA flights to Canada, Mexico, and anyplace other than the 50 states, the front cabin on two-cabin aircraft is sold as Business Class.

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