Originally Posted by
irishguy28
It doesn't matter where you buy your airline ticket. Avios and TPs will be awarded on the basis of the fare class and route - the provenance of the ticket has no bearing on this.
All published tickets will earn avios/TP's according to the BAEC earning structure.
However there are consolidator/unpublished fares sold that are not eligible for avios/TP earn sold by third party travel agents. I am not sure if lastminute.com sells these, however as the OP's flight price is identical as BA is showing it will certainly be a published fare.
Originally Posted by
SteveF
If you book throught Lastminute don't they become your travel agent and therefore your point of call for changes and delays, etc.?
Yes, and I echo your suggestion of avoiding using an OTA unless the price is much cheaper.