Originally Posted by
regtur
I would like to book 2 award tickets through BA for a QR flight for next spring. I would like to book now as there is enough award space at the moment.
My wife is pregnant and we expect our newborn in November. Would it be possible to book the award tickets now and call BA to add our new born to our tickets beginning of December? Does anyone have experience with this? Is this possible or is this going to be a problem as we book through BA for a QR flight?
It’s possible.
For BA and AA operated flights booked using BA points, I’ve later called up and had lap children added as separately ticketed lap-child infants.
For AA and BA-issued award tickets for QR flights, I’ve done this for lap children at the airports on the day of travel or before when a city ticketing office isn’t around. So if not able to get it done over the phone, consider the possibility of doing so at the airport. In some — but not all — places the airline ticketing offices at the airports are accessible without needing a same-day ticket to access the ticketing counters/staff at the airports.
If you know the full name and sex of the upcoming baby, you can do the lap child or other infant booking with that name and sex even before the child is born. Any entered birthdate and sex for a lap child in the record can be updated later — but the birthdate and dates of travel should line up with the child appearing to be still not yet 2 years of age on booked date of travel.