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Old Jan 6, 2015 | 10:35 am
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alexwuk
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Originally Posted by Tonyc997
Hi all, i'm looking to go:

- LHR > JNB in May.
- I'm looking to go First or Business
- I'm looking to use my companion voucher so two people flying
- I'm looking to get about 11 days in country for a Safari (any time in May)

The Avios tool shows poor availability and the BA site shows pretty much zero availability!

Being still quite green to these things are there other ways to check or is the Avios/BA site the gospel and only thing I can book!?
Book the two business seats on the 30th April and the two WT+ back on the 13th may and hope they open biz or first nearer the time.

only other option: fly a lot, get a gold card and call BA 30 days in advance, pay double the avios and pick whatever date you want. Or you can fly a LOT, get a gold guest list card, and just call BA and ask for your preferred dates/class for the flights you want.
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