Award on Iberia using BA Avios
May 10, 2012, 7:29 am
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Award on Iberia using BA Avios
Tried searching and found a few threads but no solution yet.
I am trying to get an award ticket from FRA-MAD for this weekend using BA avios. I tried looking up the dated when BA doesnt fly or sold out and found the dates for the next weekend. However when I try to search for partners, I don't get a calendar. Instead I either get the award availability for that date or if no award available I get the option to search 7 days earlier. Selecting 7 days earlier shows me the BA flights.
Any other workaround I should try? If nothing else, I will try to open up an avios.com account and try transferring through there as mentioned in other threads
I am trying to get an award ticket from FRA-MAD for this weekend using BA avios. I tried looking up the dated when BA doesnt fly or sold out and found the dates for the next weekend. However when I try to search for partners, I don't get a calendar. Instead I either get the award availability for that date or if no award available I get the option to search 7 days earlier. Selecting 7 days earlier shows me the BA flights.
Any other workaround I should try? If nothing else, I will try to open up an avios.com account and try transferring through there as mentioned in other threads
May 10, 2012, 7:34 am
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Tried searching and found a few threads but no solution yet.
I am trying to get an award ticket from FRA-MAD for this weekend using BA avios. I tried looking up the dated when BA doesnt fly or sold out and found the dates for the next weekend. However when I try to search for partners, I don't get a calendar. Instead I either get the award availability for that date or if no award available I get the option to search 7 days earlier. Selecting 7 days earlier shows me the BA flights.
Any other workaround I should try? If nothing else, I will try to open up an avios.com account and try transferring through there as mentioned in other threads
I am trying to get an award ticket from FRA-MAD for this weekend using BA avios. I tried looking up the dated when BA doesnt fly or sold out and found the dates for the next weekend. However when I try to search for partners, I don't get a calendar. Instead I either get the award availability for that date or if no award available I get the option to search 7 days earlier. Selecting 7 days earlier shows me the BA flights.
Any other workaround I should try? If nothing else, I will try to open up an avios.com account and try transferring through there as mentioned in other threads
However BA.com can be a bit buggy. I suggest trying awardsnexus to search for your awards. Failing that try calling BA.
May 10, 2012, 7:41 am
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Not clear if you are just trying to find award seats or book them?
If you are trying to find them, use another tool such as AwardNexus.
If you are trying to book IB flights (having confirmed award availability, but ba.com has BA routings via london avilable for the day you will need to phone BA to make the redemption booking.
[Written in haste.]
If you are trying to find them, use another tool such as AwardNexus.
If you are trying to book IB flights (having confirmed award availability, but ba.com has BA routings via london avilable for the day you will need to phone BA to make the redemption booking.
[Written in haste.]
May 10, 2012, 8:19 am
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Not sure exactly what you are trying to do? Are you looking for flights on specific dates? In which case what you described, (clicking on search for partners), should show availability or not.
However BA.com can be a bit buggy. I suggest trying awardsnexus to search for your awards. Failing that try calling BA.
However BA.com can be a bit buggy. I suggest trying awardsnexus to search for your awards. Failing that try calling BA.
Not clear if you are just trying to find award seats or book them?
If you are trying to find them, use another tool such as AwardNexus.
If you are trying to book IB flights (having confirmed award availability, but ba.com has BA routings via london avilable for the day you will need to phone BA to make the redemption booking.
[Written in haste.]
If you are trying to find them, use another tool such as AwardNexus.
If you are trying to book IB flights (having confirmed award availability, but ba.com has BA routings via london avilable for the day you will need to phone BA to make the redemption booking.
[Written in haste.]
May 10, 2012, 8:29 am
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Not necessarily. You need to search on BA for the route, and keep pressing "next 7 days" until you find that it has skipped a day (or more). When it's done that, you start the search again specifying a day it skipped and you'll be offered the partners. Then you can search backward for the day that you actually wanted. However, it might be difficult finding a day with no availability on BA for FRA-MAD.
However, I do have a script to do this and can see, for example, in J, there's no availability on May 20, then I do a reverse search from May 20 and get:
FRA (May-12 19:10) - MAD (May-12 21:50) IB3503-J(4) [02:40]
FRA (May-12 19:30) - MAD (May-12 22:20) LA0705-J(8) [02:50]
FRA (May-11 07:20) - MAD (May-11 10:20) IB3513-J(2) [03:00]
FRA (May-11 19:30) - MAD (May-11 22:20) LA0705-J(9) [02:50]
However, I do have a script to do this and can see, for example, in J, there's no availability on May 20, then I do a reverse search from May 20 and get:
FRA (May-12 19:10) - MAD (May-12 21:50) IB3503-J(4) [02:40]
FRA (May-12 19:30) - MAD (May-12 22:20) LA0705-J(8) [02:50]
FRA (May-11 07:20) - MAD (May-11 10:20) IB3513-J(2) [03:00]
FRA (May-11 19:30) - MAD (May-11 22:20) LA0705-J(9) [02:50]
Thanks for looking it up.
May 10, 2012, 8:57 am
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I was also looking for economy seat and didn't find any. But then I don't mind flying in business for 3 hrs.
Thanks for your help angatol
Thanks for your help angatol