BA Seat Selection Issues for AA Flyers (archive through 2019)
Jan 1, 2019, 7:51 pm
#301
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 50
Ugh...I'm stuck in this loop. I'm AA Platinum and I booked tickets on AA that include a 2 hour BA flight in economy. I assume that's short haul. BA wants me to pay to book any seats in advance. My AA number is on the reservation. I called and the rep tried adding and re-adding multiple times to refresh it...I'm not able to add/re-add myself. Still doesn't show up. I was wondering if it's because my status expires on Jan 9th...but it seems like that shouldn't matter if I'm Platinum at the time of booking. Maybe I'll try Twitter.
Jan 1, 2019, 8:20 pm
#302
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 10,904
Flying a short hop on BA in business class as part of an AA award. No status with AA or any other OW airline. I don't feel like paying for seat selection, since all the seats seem close to equally bad. I do slightly prefer a window to an aisle though.
1. Is there some point that I can select a seat for free?
2. If not:
a) at what point will I be assigned a seat?
b) will I be able to change seats if there are other seats available?
1. Is there some point that I can select a seat for free?
2. If not:
a) at what point will I be assigned a seat?
b) will I be able to change seats if there are other seats available?
Jan 1, 2019, 10:21 pm
#303
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Join Date: Jan 2002
Posts: 44,600
Flying a short hop on BA in business class as part of an AA award. No status with AA or any other OW airline. I don't feel like paying for seat selection, since all the seats seem close to equally bad. I do slightly prefer a window to an aisle though.
1. Is there some point that I can select a seat for free?
2. If not:
a) at what point will I be assigned a seat?
b) will I be able to change seats if there are other seats available?
1. Is there some point that I can select a seat for free?
2. If not:
a) at what point will I be assigned a seat?
b) will I be able to change seats if there are other seats available?
Jan 2, 2019, 9:37 am
#304
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: south of WAS DC
Posts: 10,131
on two occasions in biz on the lhr-bwi section(from athens and from lisbon)in biz class of our trip, we were unable to select biz class seats. i wanted to book side by side seats. BA refused. lots of biz class seats available. i tried to get seats within 24 hrs, at 12 hrs, and at pre-checkin.both flights on the oldest 767 flying, i think.
Jan 7, 2019, 4:53 pm
#305
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 50
BTW....I was able to get seats assigned through Twitter as a Platinum AA. For some reason no matter how many times they deleted and re-added my AA number, my status did not show up. There was a few days of back and forth on Twitter because they needed a bunch of info but they did make the seat selections for me!
Jan 9, 2019, 4:16 am
#306
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Tyrone,EU
Programs: Avios Hunter
Posts: 2,812
Updated my BA booking (using Finnair) to my AA FFN that has newly acquired plat pro status thanks to a freebie temp status upgrade from AA.
Seat selection is still asking me to pay. I tweeted BA with all the info including that AA plat pro is oneworld sapphire thus entitled to free seat selection. The first response from the BA team was to ask for my oneworld sapphire number so that they could insert that instead of the AA number, which seems a rather ill-informed response.
Seat selection is still asking me to pay. I tweeted BA with all the info including that AA plat pro is oneworld sapphire thus entitled to free seat selection. The first response from the BA team was to ask for my oneworld sapphire number so that they could insert that instead of the AA number, which seems a rather ill-informed response.
Jan 9, 2019, 5:11 am
#307
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: DCA
Programs: AA Gold, HH Diamond, UA Silver
Posts: 1,366
Updated my BA booking (using Finnair) to my AA FFN that has newly acquired plat pro status thanks to a freebie temp status upgrade from AA.
Seat selection is still asking me to pay. I tweeted BA with all the info including that AA plat pro is oneworld sapphire thus entitled to free seat selection. The first response from the BA team was to ask for my oneworld sapphire number so that they could insert that instead of the AA number, which seems a rather ill-informed response.
Seat selection is still asking me to pay. I tweeted BA with all the info including that AA plat pro is oneworld sapphire thus entitled to free seat selection. The first response from the BA team was to ask for my oneworld sapphire number so that they could insert that instead of the AA number, which seems a rather ill-informed response.
Jan 9, 2019, 2:19 pm
#308
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Ireland
Posts: 135
i called BA to select a seat on LHR-SFO and they told me its an AA plane, which it isnt.
Not sure what to do now.
Not sure what to do now.
Jan 19, 2019, 6:34 pm
#309
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: WRO, AQP
Programs: LatamPass Gold, SAS EBB, M&M
Posts: 674
It seems to me there is an issue with BA flights booked as AA-codeshares, which in turn are preceded by AA-operated flights, booked on AA, for example PHX-PHL-LHR(AA)-TXL(BA). While checking in for the first AA flight, I was assigned a random seat on the BA flight. There was no way to change it or access the seat map of the BA flight on ba.com after check-in any more, not even 24 hours before the departure of the BA flight. On landing at LHR I approached BA crew at the transfer desk, asked for a different seat, but the flight was full. Is that a well-known glitch? Is there a known solution?
Jan 19, 2019, 8:08 pm
#310
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: MSN
Programs: AA, BAEC Gold
Posts: 3,929
It seems to me there is an issue with BA flights booked as AA-codeshares, which in turn are preceded by AA-operated flights, booked on AA, for example PHX-PHL-LHR(AA)-TXL(BA). While checking in for the first AA flight, I was assigned a random seat on the BA flight. There was no way to change it or access the seat map of the BA flight on ba.com after check-in any more, not even 24 hours before the departure of the BA flight. On landing at LHR I approached BA crew at the transfer desk, asked for a different seat, but the flight was full. Is that a well-known glitch? Is there a known solution?
Feb 10, 2019, 4:15 pm
#311
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SJC/SFO/OAK
Programs: DL PM, SW, Hilton, , UAL PM, AA Gold-skeptic
Posts: 1,632
Award flights booked AA.com - does BA charge for seat assignments and baggage?
Specifically looking for a 1 way BA combination from IST - SFO, probably in business. 2 of the 3 flights are on British airways, do they charge additional feed for seat assignments and checked baggage? I'm not a status member on AA.
Thanks
RRZ
Thanks
RRZ
Feb 10, 2019, 4:32 pm
#312
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: DFW
Programs: OWE AA EXP;*A TK Gold; Marriott LTT; Hyatt Globalist; IHG Plat; National VIP
Posts: 3,097
seat assignments in Business will be free 72 hours before flight and for a fee prior. Baggage will be according to Business allowance. This is provided you fly Business as mentioned
Feb 10, 2019, 5:00 pm
#313
Suspended
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Watchlisted by the prejudiced, en route to purgatory
Programs: Just Say No to Fleecing and Blacklisting
Posts: 102,095
For all my AA-issued award tickets for BA flights and BA-issued award tickets for BA flights, the BA flights included some free checked baggage allowance. BA hand-baggage-only fares for BA flights can't be booked with AA miles.
Feb 10, 2019, 6:12 pm
#314
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: DCA
Programs: UA US CO AA DL FL
Posts: 50,262
As AA will be the marketing carrier of the first segment, it will be AA's baggage allowance which applies and that will include one or more bags for any ticket to the US which may be purchased with AA miles.
Feb 10, 2019, 6:23 pm
#315
Moderator: American AAdvantage
Join Date: May 2000
Location: NorCal - SMF area
Programs: AA LT Plat; HH LT Diamond, Maître-plongeur des Muccis
Posts: 62,948
Specifically looking for a 1 way BA combination from IST - SFO, probably in business. 2 of the 3 flights are on British airways, do they charge additional feed for seat assignments and checked baggage? I'm not a status member on AA.
Thanks
RRZ
Thanks
RRZ
Really? On an AA award originating in Istanbul? I’d have thought that would be, as would be the entire trip, marketed and operated by BA. That would mean the former posts are correct.
Unfortunately, redeeming AA miles in BA - particularly transatlantic (IST-LHR using BA connecting to AA to DFW, LAX, PHX etc. would reduce that but require a connection) will incur considerable carrier imposed fees / surcharges. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/amer...er-thread.html