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Feb 4, 2012, 8:27 pm
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This is why I read Flyertalk!
Last week, I booked a multicity itinerary through Europe on BA. I tried to book online, but with the BA website, it would never let me select an evening flight on one leg. So.... I booked over the phone. Agent asks me for my BA Executive Club number. I replied that I wanted to use an AAdvantage number instead. (I have status on AA, but not on BA, and wanted seat selection, etc.). The response was that that would be fine, but it is easier for him to book the ticket initially with the BA number, since all of the information- name, address, etc. are prefilled. So I give the BA number. At the end of the call, I make sure that he records my AA number. I wait a few hours and check the reservation, once it has been ticketed. No AA number, just BA. Wait another day. Still no go. Call the res line again, ask that it be changed. No problem, I was told. I go back, still no AA number. Call again the next day, same thing.
Then, I remember the trick that I read here about booking Iberia seats- the Finnair reservation site. I call up the reservation, and delete the BA number myself. Two hours later, voila! I can now select seats.
Whoever posted that little bit of info in one of the many threads that I have read, I am quite thankful right now! ^
Then, I remember the trick that I read here about booking Iberia seats- the Finnair reservation site. I call up the reservation, and delete the BA number myself. Two hours later, voila! I can now select seats.
Whoever posted that little bit of info in one of the many threads that I have read, I am quite thankful right now! ^
Feb 4, 2012, 10:27 pm
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Thanks!
I had forgotten about the AY trick. Just chose seats for my upcoming MFU'd BA flight with my AA PLT status and then changed it back to my BA #.
Feb 5, 2012, 4:08 am
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Feb 5, 2012, 12:10 pm
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Thanks from me as well!
Just passed my 10th year anniversary on FT. Thanks for all the advice, miles, points, benefits and wisdom.
Feb 11, 2012, 6:47 pm
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Feb 11, 2012, 6:53 pm
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Last week, I booked a multicity itinerary through Europe on BA. I tried to book online, but with the BA website, it would never let me select an evening flight on one leg. So.... I booked over the phone. Agent asks me for my BA Executive Club number. I replied that I wanted to use an AAdvantage number instead. (I have status on AA, but not on BA, and wanted seat selection, etc.). The response was that that would be fine, but it is easier for him to book the ticket initially with the BA number, since all of the information- name, address, etc. are prefilled. So I give the BA number. At the end of the call, I make sure that he records my AA number. I wait a few hours and check the reservation, once it has been ticketed. No AA number, just BA. Wait another day. Still no go. Call the res line again, ask that it be changed. No problem, I was told. I go back, still no AA number. Call again the next day, same thing.
Then, I remember the trick that I read here about booking Iberia seats- the Finnair reservation site. I call up the reservation, and delete the BA number myself. Two hours later, voila! I can now select seats.
Whoever posted that little bit of info in one of the many threads that I have read, I am quite thankful right now! ^
Then, I remember the trick that I read here about booking Iberia seats- the Finnair reservation site. I call up the reservation, and delete the BA number myself. Two hours later, voila! I can now select seats.
Whoever posted that little bit of info in one of the many threads that I have read, I am quite thankful right now! ^
Feb 11, 2012, 7:58 pm
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FT is the most useful travel site I have found.