Originally Posted by
CrazyJ82
Sorry search is failing me on my phone right now so I'll start a new thread:
We were scheduled for fly AA ex-DUB today, only to be hit by a massive delay on the TATL. They rebooked us into business on UA so that we'd have some chance of reaching our final destination today. But will BAEC give us ORC for the AA flights we had booked? The main concern is that the 160 or so TPs we would have earned will make the difference for a silver card for my partner this year. Thanks for any and all help/advice!
Yes, in a way that's the best outcome in this situation, being routed on UA. If you booked with BA on a 125 ticket it's in the T&Cs, and there will be no push back, though you will have to claim manually and it will take a few weeks to clear. Occasionally, if the irrop was at the very last moment you'll get the ORC anyway and automatically, but probably not here. If it was on a 001 ticket, again no pushback due to it being UA.
The only stickiness relates to 001 ticket and rerouted on another
oneworld flight (typically a re-routed and/or downgraded AA service) which gets less TPs and Avios. In that scenario if you claim ORC, BAEC pushes it to AA (since they are the ones who "pay" the Avios) and their view can be that you get what you travelled and a refund for anything you didn't travel. Now
dylanks has used his mercurial charm repeatedly to ensure that he doesn't suffer that fate, it's a YMMV one.
But in your case, it should not be a problem. Keep your boarding passes, a note of the UA PNR, the BA PNR, the BA ticket number. And don't forget to claim your Lufthansa or other Star Alliance credit for the service, giving the number at the gate or check in, that form of double-dipping has long been considered acceptable.