British Airways Award Flights disappeared
Jan 5, 2022, 9:09 am
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British Airways Award Flights disappeared
LHR-Pdx still hasn't shown up for booking. I check twice a day, I have a one way from Milan- Pdx through LHR and SFO and I would love to cut out one of the middle men. I had to call in to confirm a minor flight change, and the agent confirmed she couldn't see it either. I asked her to switch me since one of my connections got a little short.
On that note, yesterday afternoon all the BA mileage flights for next summer disappeared. Related to Oneworld transition? Not sure.
On that note, yesterday afternoon all the BA mileage flights for next summer disappeared. Related to Oneworld transition? Not sure.
Jan 5, 2022, 10:34 am
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Jan 5, 2022, 11:50 am
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The problem isn't this particular BA flight...there are literally zero BA award flights available for booking this summer on the AS site.
Jan 5, 2022, 12:07 pm
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Jan 5, 2022, 2:27 pm
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LHR-Pdx still hasn't shown up for booking. I check twice a day, I have a one way from Milan- Pdx through LHR and SFO and I would love to cut out one of the middle men. I had to call in to confirm a minor flight change, and the agent confirmed she couldn't see it either. I asked her to switch me since one of my connections got a little short.
On that note, yesterday afternoon all the BA mileage flights for next summer disappeared. Related to Oneworld transition? Not sure.
On that note, yesterday afternoon all the BA mileage flights for next summer disappeared. Related to Oneworld transition? Not sure.
Jan 6, 2022, 2:50 am
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Seems like it’s problem with airlines using SABRE that have to talk to BA (which is on Amadeus).
AA is toast as well (uses SABRE like AS):
Did BA award flights between LHR-ATH disappear overnight?
AA is toast as well (uses SABRE like AS):
Did BA award flights between LHR-ATH disappear overnight?
Jan 6, 2022, 9:10 am
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Seems like it’s problem with airlines using SABRE that have to talk to BA (which is on Amadeus).
AA is toast as well (uses SABRE like AS):
Did BA award flights between LHR-ATH disappear overnight?
AA is toast as well (uses SABRE like AS):
Did BA award flights between LHR-ATH disappear overnight?
Jan 6, 2022, 7:26 pm
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Jan 6, 2022, 8:42 pm
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Sounds like for the time being you can only earn miles on BA flights and redeeming miles is a no-go then (online or over the phone).
Jan 7, 2022, 12:12 am
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BA Award Availability is gone from ExpertFlyer too, so this is a wider outage than just AS or AA. SeatSpy.com still shows availability information though and shows availability in all classes on all dates for LHR-PDX (seems to be 5 days per week from early June onwards).