Originally Posted by
drmish1
On this theme... what about adding a return booking to an already booked companion voucher outbound flight nearly a year later....
Ie book the outbound flight for 2 adults + infant, for a flight when the infant will be 1 year and 1 month old..... and then to call up BAEC call centre (Japan / USA) at exactly T-355 to add on a return which would be when the child would now be >2 years old....
1) will the overseas BA call centres be able to still do this as per guidance on booking return segments of companion voucher bookings.... or will they say they are not able to do so as the child will now be > 2 years?? i.e. are BA OBLIGED to provide you with the return segment of the trip for the same price (10% avios / taxes) irrespective of when the child's age changes?
2) and the more lateral thinking - does this mean that a child's return ticket booked into a cash fare in F from SYD - LHR would earn the relevant TP's and avios ??!!
- furthermore on point 2... are infants eligible to earn TP's/avios ? I have a few reservations set up now with our little one in, but in MMB, despite us all being in the same HHA, it states that infants cannot earn .... is this true ?
Thanks
1. You'd have a better chance of booking the return segment on the same setup (2 adults + lap infant) as agents do not check the age of the lap infant when adding segments on the same booking. Then call again and get your lap infant switched to a proper seat given you have just noticed they will be over 2.
2. Not if the original fare booked was an infant fare, and they then have been given their own seat having turned 2.
2b. If booked as infant fare, no. If booked as a separate pax, yes they are eligible, but only as part of your HHA.