TP value and upgrades
Jan 25, 2011, 8:20 am
#1
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TP value and upgrades
Hi guys, thanks for great forum.
Current situation is that i have to do some extra flying to achieve the needed TP this year, and have some questions
1. Is there any TP difference between upgraded and non-upgraded flights (eg. ET to CE or WT+ to CW)?
2. Do you normally upgrade after booking on MMB or do you use "Book with cash, upgrade with BA miles" option? Any difference?
3. Iberia flights almost never show on ba.com and the result is that i have to spend a night at LHR, any way outside this? Iberia has flights.
Current situation is that i have to do some extra flying to achieve the needed TP this year, and have some questions
1. Is there any TP difference between upgraded and non-upgraded flights (eg. ET to CE or WT+ to CW)?
2. Do you normally upgrade after booking on MMB or do you use "Book with cash, upgrade with BA miles" option? Any difference?
3. Iberia flights almost never show on ba.com and the result is that i have to spend a night at LHR, any way outside this? Iberia has flights.
Jan 25, 2011, 8:28 am
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1. You only earn the TPs of the class booked, eg WT+.
2. I dont think there is any difference
3. Nearly every Iberia flight shows up on BA.com. Where are you travelling from/to?
more info on codeshare with Iberia here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...odeshares.html
2. I dont think there is any difference
3. Nearly every Iberia flight shows up on BA.com. Where are you travelling from/to?
more info on codeshare with Iberia here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...odeshares.html
Jan 25, 2011, 8:38 am
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Thans for reply. Here is an example: trying to get on BA0275 on 24 feb, ba.com suggest to leave from AGP on BA0497 the day before, while Iberia.com has IB211 and IB3164 on the same day.
Jan 25, 2011, 8:44 am
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Jan 25, 2011, 8:45 am
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that website will give you the option of showing all OW flights and letting your build your schedule that way, compared to the BA site which i think only shows flights that operate as BA codeshares ?
cs
Jan 25, 2011, 9:30 am
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If it is WT+ to CW, then virtually all fares are eligibile for MFU (except those marked with a big D which is for a discounted sale fares and book into P class, so cannot be MFUed).
However, if it is WT/ET to WT+/CE, then you need to bear in mind that only a flexible/semi-flexible fare classes (B, H and Y - there is one more but I have forgotten it) are eligible for MFU. Using the ba.com option ensure that the upgrade goes through. (But why you'd want to give a straight WT+ or CE ticket would probably be cheaper, I don't know).
For SH, if you want to take your chance on a pro-active upgrade (from ET to CE) in MMB (which my be cheaper), you need to check that I class is available.