jeep1

Question. Thinking of flying April 2022 to London using alaska miles. If I have to cancel I know I get miles back but do I get fuel surcharges back? Thanks in advance

Finkface

Yes.

philemer

Maybe mentioned elsewhere but AS award flts, using BA Avios, can now be booked on ba.com HT to OMAAT.

Often1

Fuel surcharges are long in the past. BA paid out millions in class action judgments.

Carrier surcharges and taxes, yes.

Finkface

Well, I am pretty sure we all knew what he meant. He was asking if he got his taxes and fees back. No need to be pedantic.

tatterdema

I thought I would be able to book directly with Avios on BA.com a flight from SEA-PVR once this went through. Anyone know if this will be a possibility in the future? Gets old calling in every time I want to book a flight.

HangryDad

You can, but not all routes are in the system yet. I checked SEA - OGG yesterday and it wasn't uploaded as available on BA, but AS had space using miles on their site.

econ

According to the same article, it’s implied that AS F awards now fall under Business Class Avios pricing (which would make them consistent with AA domestic F).

Has this been confirmed yet?

pcoll

does this mean only business class will be available for AS miles award travel on BA? If I select First Class on Award Calendar, then it will always show N/A? Hoping for F miles award on BA next year.

NoLaGent

No, AS=J redemption for BA, AS offers J & F redemption on BA, per the award charts.

econ

Right, this is what I meant. Using BA Avios, AS F flights had been pricing out as an F award under the distance-based Avios award chart.

AS F priced as a BA Avios J award is much more reasonable.

tatterdema

I am still not able to find any flights bookable on BA website flying AS metal. Does anyone think this is going to be possible in the future? Are they just slow loading them (they are showing on One World website)? Am I just looking at city pairs that are going to be difficult to use Avios points on (KOA-SEA)?

It used to be fairly easy to use AA website to find flights that were available at the lowest level (listed as AA Super Saver or something like that) , then call, but now they changed their website and I am having a hard time even using AA to find the flights that meet the low level criteria, as I do not know how many AA points meet the low lever rules. Does anyone know if the flights that are listed for 22.5k on AA website and 20k on AS website qualify? Do not want to spend hours on the phone trying to find them, and I am sure BA customer service people do not want me wasting their time looking either.

philemer

There is more info on this subject on the BA forum: Booking Alaska Airlines with Avios
You can find AS flights here and there but nothing with a connection. Hopefully it will be fixed soon.
I see SEA-KOA and SEA-OGG for later this month (13K Avios o/w) so keep looking.

tatterdema

Thanks! I put in SEA-LAS just because there are so many cheap flights on AS, but could not even find those, so I didn't think any were loaded. I just keep plugging away at it.

Thanks again, I checked the link you posted, and using it I found one of the SEA-OGG flights, so at least I know it works and what to look for. Hopefully like you say in that thread, on 4/21 it will be fixed. I am excited to be able to book these flights online.