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Old Apr 10, 2019, 8:20 am
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Originally Posted by 240dae
Does anyone else have the same problem, and has anyone found a way round this?
As you can see, we probably could do with some more specifics to be sure of this, but it seems like the workarounds are
- at T-24 (so before you do an OLCI) your ticket will come under airline control, so at that point a fare difference can be paid by the traveller. This approach is typically cheaper after flying the first leg.
- POUGs (see Dashboard for details) may become available if it is a simple ticket
- The App version of POUGs may become available even after check in
- AUP may be available at the airport, again see Dashboard for more details.
- Upgrade using Avios would be potentially possible, but would need a purely BA set of flights for this to be allowed (if it's not online, a call can usually resolve this).

Otherwise the approach will probably require some sort of intervention at your company's end of the booking process.
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