Originally Posted by
rizzo009
I friend of mine (BA blue
) that has over 100k points has booked a return to Perth from London. 3 of the legs happen to be w/ Quantas, but the last leg from s/pore to LDN is with BA. He has tried to use his points to upgrade this leg but BA have refused even though he has been told he is the "first person to try to book an upgrade with points".
Any advice on how he can use his points legitimately to upgrade.
Must admit have got P***ed off with BAs Exec club as increasingly difficult to use points outside of Europe. Am now trying silverjet for the first time later this month.
That route is notoriously hard to redeem points on - this has been touched on over and over again on these forums. If the award availability isn't there then it ain't gonna happen.
Question. Was your friends flight a BA flight on BA metal ? If not then he's out of luck anyway AFAIK.
WRT your last point I can think of several longhaul routes where redemption is not problematic: NYC, NRT to name but two. As ever, it requires one to be organised and book in advance (except, perhaps, NYC) - but then that's another matter.
BAH