Originally Posted by
gustavmahler
I hadn't considered JFK. What's the TP situation if I were to change to that? The total travel time would be a couple of hours less, plus the domestic would be on the A321 so that is quite appealing. Getting 140 TPs instead of just 40 for the sector sounds too good to be true!
Indeed, even if they only booked you into J (rather than F) for the transcon, you'd be far better off both TP-wise and comfort-wise than via ORD. The main negative is the shorter TATL flight time which isn't great for a proper night's sleep, but definitely an option worth considering if BA allow it.
You'd just have to check that they book you into a revenue class for the transcon; in my experience they will.
I don't know what class the re-routed UUA sector would get booked into - if revenue you could end up better off, if Z then you may well have to retroclaim for the underlying I fare credit.