Originally Posted by
att1504
Sorry I'm quite new to this. How do I use the ITA Matrix? And is there a way I can check which flights infact do have redemption seats available and then call ba to book them?
Thanks!
ITA Matrix can be found here:
http://matrix.itasoftware.com/
No need to remember the link, it is owned by Google so it always comes up in a search.
Click on Advanced Routing Codes and read the help bits around it. Remember to choose GBP as your currency and LON as your Sales City (or whatever). Other powerful features for longhaul include choosing multiple airports as starting or ending points, and playing around with the date ranges. There's a lot to learn on it, best play around and see what happens.
For Avios, tedious though it may be, for BA, AB, IB, AY it's all on the BA website, so just around around that. Apparently some AA availability is not (I've not had an issue though). EI and LAN is definitely best done by ringing up BAEC. I once read that by setting up a dummy account on Qantas the search options were easier, but that's hear-say.