Originally Posted by
GlasgowCyclops
You are better phoning up BA (don't use the 0844 number from a mobile or you will need a second mortgage). Alternative numbers are available. Don't try and call the status lines unless you have status, they ask you to verify it now.
I see n reason why the fare is not available because if you strip out one of the shorter flights you get similar options on other OW carriers. Commonly phoning BA will give you a crazy price because they need to book things like the cathay flight in an expensive class.
EG. My WT+ flight form GLA-LHR-HKG-TPE then TPE-HKG-PEK then PEK-LHR-GLA in a couple of weeks was £2,600 but I dropped the TPE-HKG-PEK leg and save £900. Then book that leg direct with CX for about £180 in Economy flex or £220 in PE flex.
Call BA and see what they can do and ask them if one leg is a crazy price. Look at the linking sectors to get a rough price in advance and if the BA price is complementary then go for it.
I had a similar situation a couple of weeks ago on a business class booking that was LHR-HEL-SIN-BKK-HEL-LHR
It was a last-minute trip and the direct flights on BA and SQ were over £4,500. Google Flights found me the above routing for £2,400 with the SIN-BKK in CX on an A350 that went on to HKG. When I tried to book it online on BA as a multi-city booking it showed no flight. When I tried online with Finnair it gave me nearly the right price but it substituted Jeststar for the CX flight. I called up BA and after a lot of huffing and puffing they came back with a price of...[drum roll] £8,700! I then called Finnair (where I have no direct status) and a very helpful person managed to book the whole itinerary in C (with zero change or cancellation fees) for the GF price plus a small booking fee. I flew it this week and all worked smoothly. The long haul Finnair flights were on lovely A350s too and the first couple of flights have credited to my BAEC account after 5 days.