Originally Posted by
paulg0
I used the transfer avios function. I'm BA gold so don't have to pay the £50 charge. When we made the original booking my housemate transferred avioos from his BA to his Finnair and then to my Finnair where I booked the flights.
His BA - His Finnair - My Finnair - Booked Flight - Cancelled Flight - Finnair Refiund Avios - Avios from my Finnair to my BA - Transferred to his BA - His account blocked
This does seem a little more circuitous than it could have been.
I am not questioning you here, I am just trying to highlight that this multi-step process is what a lot of the fraudsters do to cover their tracks.
Had your friend transferred BA points to you, you booked with BA and then refunded and then transferred the Avios back to them, then it is likely it wouldn't be a problem.
But you have transferred from them to you in one scheme and transferred back using the other.
To you it is obvious this is an equitable thing.
But to BA who have been fighting serious organised fraud against their scheme, it looks like a dodgy deal.
If the two of you are unrelated and haven't flown together before, then it could be that your friend had purchased the miles from you by paying you some cash (which is what they say has happened). The same address makes it *more* suspicious not less.
I think you will be able to sort this without going to court if the situation is what you say. But because multiple schemes from different airlines are involved it won't be straightforward and could take months.