Originally Posted by
jimlad48
Hi,
I'm sorry for a really silly question but I've got a 2-4-1 voucher I want to redeem for a return booking.
The outbound sectors are now up, and the guidance says that I can ring up and amend the booking when the inbound sectors go live - could I check what this means as I've never done it before. Is it literally a case of redeem voucher for the outbound sector, then when the flights come up ring up BA ticketing and say 'I've got this booking reference, I want to add the following return sector to the booking' and then have the additional miles deducted from my balance?
Sorry, I know this is a total noob question for you regulars, but its really stressing me out that I don't quite know all the terminology and tricks, even after reading the FAQs guide and I'm concerned that I'm going to mess it up. If anyone could explain in as straightforward and jargon free way as possible, I'd be really grateful for some help.
I fully understand your concerns - doing anything first time can be daunting. Let me reassure you with my first hand experience. I did a CW 2-4-1 ABZ>LHR>DEN booking last December making the outbound booking via the web. I had a lot of flexibility about the return date. Availability came up on Jan 2 (which wasn't my most preferred return date) so I did exactly as you said - rang up BA (silver at the time), gave the PNL and they duly added the flights to the existing booking. It is, surprisingly, really that simple. A few days later there was availability for Jan 9th (which was my preferred date) so I rang up BA silver again and got the flights changed for a cost of 2 x £35. But sometimes you do wonder if it's too good to be true, but my personal experience having done this 3 times for Christmas bookings is that it does work exactly as the FAQs state. Hope this helps and reassures.