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Old Jan 21, 2018 | 10:36 pm
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Originally Posted by JAXBA

If booking flight only you can actually book the upgrade all in one transaction when logged into BAEC; look for the option to Upgrade using Avios.

You can also just check Avios availability for regular award bookings (it's the same inventory).

If you do book a package then you would need to book that first then call to upgrade as a second step, but at least you can verify award availability first.
Thanks JAX. As I'm new to BAEC, can you clarify the second point - do I understand correctly that if I do a dummy booking for two F awards, then the same flight would have "Upgrade using Avios"?
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