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Sep 14, 2014 | 1:27 pm

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jerry a. laska

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Originally Posted by ajy733

I have been watching flights in anticipation of using our avios for a trip in 2015. I have noticed that even if I log onto the website and select for the latest day (355 days from today) that there are often no flights available. Will I have better luck if I phone in and pay the fee? I presume that flights open up on GMT time so if I stay up and log on at midnight GMT will I have better luck? Should I book it all as separate segments to have more luck? I know its a lot of questions…..

We are hoping to fly from YYZ to JNB in CW.

Thanks for your help.

There are no guarantees that available will be there at 355 days; BAEC may release seats then or at some other later time. If you are looking for BA flights, availability shouldn't be different by calling in (I assume you are aware that the BA website does not show all partner flights). You should review this post in the your guide to spending avios thread:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/22138063-post2.html

See also:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...%26quot%3Btime
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...%26quot%3Btime
And your previous thread:http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...-seats-cw.html

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