Originally Posted by
scottishpoet
if you share date and flight number then people can check the current load
thank you — it’s BA719 on 22.2.25 (19:05 from ZRH to LHR)
Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Welcome to Flyertalk and welcome to the BA forum. Indeed without a date and flight numbers we can't give you any sensible information or advice. However booking on day 355 is usually the most expensive thing to do since only the flexible buckets are added. The lower inflexible buckets typically get added 3 or 4 days later, or some time later in the case of LGW flights. There is zero chance of a service filling up in that first week, and it's just possible the Avios options will open up.
thank you. Yes maybe it would have made sense to wait a few days. But we really wanted these flights particularly the outbound early morning, which was already open a week, so we went for it for cash. Had a lot of success with Avios bookings past few years so we went for it.