Chase BA Companion Ticket $30,000 Spend
Oct 26, 2016, 11:45 am
#706
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Oct 26, 2016, 11:53 am
#707
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Let me put my point another way. If a person does decide to call it will require an amenable agent as it's expressly excluded under the published terms and conditions.
Oct 26, 2016, 1:54 pm
#708
Join Date: Mar 2009
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I've made my own booking for August next year this way - booked first two flights online when they came into system range, called back a couple of weeks later when the return came into range. The MAN agents I spoke to weren't phased at all.
Still awaiting etkt reissue now but that's another story...
Still awaiting etkt reissue now but that's another story...
Oct 26, 2016, 4:56 pm
#709
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,833
Booking the outbound flight on-line is very simple -- you simply check the box for "one-way."
Adding the return flight will later require a phone call, but, as others have indicated, the customer service reps are quite familiar with this process. It is not a big deal.
Oct 26, 2016, 9:10 pm
#710
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This discussion began when post #700 asked how to book the outbound flight without simultaneously booking the return flight.
Booking the outbound flight on-line is very simple -- you simply check the box for "one-way."
Adding the return flight will later require a phone call, but, as others have indicated, the customer service reps are quite familiar with this process. It is not a big deal.
Booking the outbound flight on-line is very simple -- you simply check the box for "one-way."
Adding the return flight will later require a phone call, but, as others have indicated, the customer service reps are quite familiar with this process. It is not a big deal.
Has anyone ever had a hassle doing this?
Oct 26, 2016, 9:31 pm
#711
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,833
I have done this several times recently, and the CSR will typically waive the change fee because the return flight date had yet to be made available at the time of the original booking. YMMV
Oct 26, 2016, 9:53 pm
#712
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan USA
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Booking the outbound flight on-line is very simple -- you simply check the box for "one-way."
Adding the return flight will later require a phone This discussion began when post #700 asked how to book the outbound flight without simultaneously booking the return flight.
call, but, as others have indicated, the customer service reps are quite familiar with this process. It is not a big deal.
Adding the return flight will later require a phone This discussion began when post #700 asked how to book the outbound flight without simultaneously booking the return flight.
call, but, as others have indicated, the customer service reps are quite familiar with this process. It is not a big deal.
Oct 26, 2016, 10:49 pm
#713
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,833
Yes, you are simply adding a return leg to an existing 2-4-1 booking, and the voucher continues to apply to the revised booking. This has been done many times by folks on this board.
Jan 17, 2017, 7:51 am
#714
Join Date: Jun 2012
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No seat availability on ba.com
I am trying to book XNA-SYD in Business Class using my 2-4-1 voucher. Searching on AA and QF shows plenty of availability in both seats and dates, yet when I log on to my BA account to search, hardly anything shows up and then only in Economy or one or two Premium Economy for the same dates. Do I just need to call BA and book on the phone? Why do theses seats not show up on BA when they show up on AA and QF? (Even changing departure to DFW yields no Business Class seats.)
Jan 17, 2017, 8:09 am
#715
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I am trying to book XNA-SYD in Business Class using my 2-4-1 voucher. Searching on AA and QF shows plenty of availability in both seats and dates, yet when I log on to my BA account to search, hardly anything shows up and then only in Economy or one or two Premium Economy for the same dates. Do I just need to call BA and book on the phone? Why do theses seats not show up on BA when they show up on AA and QF? (Even changing departure to DFW yields no Business Class seats.)
Jan 17, 2017, 1:16 pm
#716
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I missed the 30K spend for 2016 - because my last transaction, which would have taken me over, while dated 30Dec, didn't post until 01Jan. Chase won't budge.I'm trying to look at it as extra spend for 2017, and not needing a new voucher this year (already have one booked for Aug) - but still, I could have got it last and possibly still made it this year, and then had 2 for 2018... Grrr...
Feb 1, 2017, 11:57 am
#717
Join Date: Apr 2014
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Stopover in LHR? Lower Fees Which Direction?
I recall reading a while back using stopovers at LHR before continuing on to the final destination using 2-1 redemption. There was a discussion about one direction US to LHR or LHR to US that would reduce taxes/fees that BA charges?? My final destination is ARN. Did I imagine this discussion??
Feb 1, 2017, 12:14 pm
#718
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The Air Passenger Duty or GB tax charged after a stopover in the UK depends on the distance travelled ex-UK, so LHR-USA will have a higher GB tax than LHR-EU. Avoid the UK stop completely (just connect) and avoid the GB tax completely.
If you're going to stop anyway, it does make some sense to stop on the way to Europe instead of on the way back to the US.
If you're going to stop anyway, it does make some sense to stop on the way to Europe instead of on the way back to the US.
Feb 20, 2017, 7:41 pm
#720
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Sonoma
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i would like to book SFO-LHR-MAA as soon as possible because FC from SFO-LHR goes quickly and the second leg LHR-MAA is the following day. is is possible to book SFO-LHR and put it on hold until the next day and then add LHR-MAA? or do i have to wait until LHR-MAA is available to book and hope that the SFO-LHR is not gone? thanks for any insight.