Last Minute EI Award Availability
Jul 30, 2019, 8:51 am
#16
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 533
I am checking avios.com.
I have considered the various other options already. One thing about cheap cash tickets is the lack of baggage, etc., so using avios even in economy would probably be worth it, but I prefer to use avios on business class flights, hence my consideration of BA's availability in the absence of EI.
Thanks to all those who helped.
It sounds, by the way, like I should be calling BA to make the redemption but should be prepared for there to be "less availability" than avios.com shows, according to some sites. I'll make the call today when I get round to it but I hope I can snag the specific seat I have in mind.
I have considered the various other options already. One thing about cheap cash tickets is the lack of baggage, etc., so using avios even in economy would probably be worth it, but I prefer to use avios on business class flights, hence my consideration of BA's availability in the absence of EI.
Thanks to all those who helped.
It sounds, by the way, like I should be calling BA to make the redemption but should be prepared for there to be "less availability" than avios.com shows, according to some sites. I'll make the call today when I get round to it but I hope I can snag the specific seat I have in mind.
Jul 30, 2019, 10:05 am
#19
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 533
EI, and they proactively waived the fee. Actually, the agent was quite astonished at how low the taxes were for a transatlantic flight. I told him to try redeeming for business class on intra-East-Asia flights!
I got my desired seat while on the phone, which is handy because neither the BA nor the EI site offer the ability to change it.
I got my desired seat while on the phone, which is handy because neither the BA nor the EI site offer the ability to change it.
Jul 30, 2019, 10:08 am
#20
Join Date: Nov 2017
Posts: 686
Nice, getting mixed reports on lower fees for booking over the phone with BAEC versus avios.com for EI so good to have a data point!
Jul 30, 2019, 12:46 pm
#22
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: IRL
Programs: AerClub, BAEC.
Posts: 44