Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
Book through LA and no need to even worry about "rapacious" surcharges on BA sectors that AA will charge
Wow, I had no idea you could avoid BA's outrageous surcharges this way! Usually I book with AA and work very hard to get BA flights on codeshares (which often requires adding undesired segments).
Originally Posted by
Dave Noble
Yes. AA collects surcharges for BA sectors whilst LA does not ( or at lease was not 6 months ago). If planning to have BA sectors on the itinerary, then LA has potential to save money. Depends on how much BA travel to how much it is worth it, but last one I arranged had BA for YYZ-LHR-CDG-LHR-SYD so a fair amount of surcharges
organised one for 6 people a few months ago. I made sure that all the sectors had availability and then contacted them and got it done. Was pretty painless and all worked ok
What's the best way to contact LA to book an xONEx, and does it matter which country one lives in or is starting from?
Originally Posted by
iridge
I've been putting together a DONE5 ex. JNB going west and as you can imagine there are many forced flights on BA. The Tax+surcharges have been significant up to 40% of the fare price.
I do this a lot and usually resort to wasting segments on unwanted connections that allow the BA flights to be booked as codeshares.