Originally Posted by
jrl767
in this case, though, it’s AS talking to AA who’s talking to BA
as mentioned, AS talking to AA wrt status hasn’t been an issue for domestic travel, so that leads me to suspect that AA only sends AAdvantage info across (i.e., doesn’t pull actual OW status from profile, and/or has no mechanism to associate status from a non-AA source with a booking on BA)
Is a BA agent empowered to just remove the AA #, save the PNR, then input your AS#? If so, that would theoretically remedy the issue, unless it is a field inhibited from BA change once ticketed. What FF# is showing when you access your PNR on BA? Are you inhibited from changing it?
It sounds like the format in which AA is sending the AS # to BA is a more generic data field that needs further translation. Unfortunately, AS will likely tell you it is "out of our hands" because you booked through AA.
I wonder if you had booked this with AA, but as a "guest" and input only your AS info if this would have been an issue.
As a recent aside, booked directly with BA, my AS# input showed OWE and I had no issues.
I learned my lesson with "seamless alliances" and what a crock they are a long time ago with a UA/LH issue.