FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - BA delay caused missed AA connection

Aug 3, 2022, 8:48 am

#28

JAXBA

Join Date: Mar 2009

Location: JAX

Programs: Ex-BA/AA/CP/LY staff, BA Executive Club Blue, IHG Diamond, Marriott Silver, Chick-fil-A Red

Posts: 3,583

Quote:

Originally Posted by seawolf

Does ticket# for the DL flight begin with 125 or 006 (or sometime entirely different)?

BA can't issue 006 tkts, only 125. They would have exchanged the AA/001 coupon to BA/125.

Quote:

Originally Posted by javabytes

Not anymore. By convention, since BA caused the delay and was responsible for rebooking, BA took over the ticket and reissued it on 125 stock. It's no longer 001 stock and AA was not the carrier that caused the disruption so it's not AA's to touch. The AA agent is right in that you need to talk to BA for subsequent changes now.

AA could still take BA's exchanged ticket back if they had space to rebook them (1) because it was AA's award ticket originally and (2) the oneworld ticketing agreement allows OW carriers to exchange each others tkts when needed. AA have full access to BA's new tkt and can do what they want with it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Troopers

Just curious...would the original AA ticket been valid had they made the connection? Should I have told my brother and mom to NOT run through the terminal (just to find out their tickets were invalid)?

Not without some work by the gate agent, as the coupons associated with that flight would already have been lifted when the tkt was exchanged by BA to the DL flight. The gate agent would have had to work out what the tickets had been exchanged to, exchange them back, issue new boarding passes, etc...

Reply