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Old Feb 14, 2014 | 1:12 pm
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Littlegirl
 
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Originally Posted by somedude3210
I just heard back from BA regarding the second “Old First” sector flown. I was told the Avios used for 3 people was 112k/person (used a 2-for-1 on F/CE/CE/F tickets) and the 50k/person we got for the first Old F sector, it represents an approximate 45% return of the Avios spent which BA feels is fair and reasonable. Rather than credit back 50k for the second Old F sector, they credited back 25k/person.

I don’t disagree at all that the 50k (and now additional 25k) is reasonable for crediting back for two Old F sectors. However, it does feel a bit disappointing that I’ve basically gotten penalized for 1) using Avios as the currency to pay for the F tickets and 2) I’ve been penalized for using a 2-for-1 to reduce our average Avios spent per person.

Given that others have used Avios (and 2-for-1s, along with other instruments) for their F tickets and received 50k/person/sector, I am a bit let down. I just would have thought under this service recovery program that flying Old F gets 50k/sector regardless of what currency or discounts were used to pay for the tickets.

In the spirit of the 2014 DYKWIA thread, I want to reply back to customer service “DYKWIA? I’m a very frequent flyer! I’m BAEC Rust!”
Write back again and ask them to check this is correct. It could be that the staff member dealing with your case misunderstood what kind of an upgrade it was.
Just explain as above and ask them to look at it again.
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