The 'Avios Availability Tool'
Originally Posted by IMH
(Post 21351388)
I'm happy to believe that there are times when it can be useful -- but not for assessing likely August 2014 availability in August 2013.
I think the tool is good for checking where your Avios can take you, but not for checking availability for more than 1 person. I was trying to avoid checking all the destinations one by one, I was hoping there was a method of showing all availability at a certain time in a certain class. |
Cancellation of a low fee Avios trip
If I book a Japan domestic one way trip for 2 pax using Avios it will cost a total of 9000 Avios + a cash component of £4.00 ^
Is it true that if I then subsequently cancel it in order to get the 9000 Avios back BA will charge me £25.00 :td: Cancellations are also permitted. So long as you cancel your ticket no later than 24 hours prior to the departure of the first flight sector on your ticket, you will receive a full refund of Avios Points as well as the taxes, fees, and surcharges paid minus a nominal redeposit fee (£25/€25/US$40). The additional offline fee also applies to redeposits. |
Originally Posted by blindman
(Post 21361916)
If I book a Japan domestic one way trip for 2 pax using Avios it will cost a total of 9000 Avios + a cash component of £4.00 ^
Is it true that if I then subsequently cancel it in order to get the 9000 Avios back BA will charge me £25.00 :td: Doesn't make sens to me :rolleyes: In your case, you will get back 9000 avios but forfeit the £4. |
Originally Posted by nux
(Post 21361987)
If the cash component is more than £25 you will receive the cash component back less £25, if it is less then you simply don't get back the cash component.
In your case, you will get back 9000 avios but forfeit the £4. |
Originally Posted by nux
(Post 21361987)
If the cash component is more than £25 you will receive the cash component back less £25, if it is less then you simply don't get back the cash component.
In your case, you will get back 9000 avios but forfeit the £4. Definitely logical ;) |
More points needed for awards as of today?
Originally Posted by Hippo72
(Post 21350189)
I know that the cash component went up from 35€ to 42€ as of mid-July.
In the past, I could book MUC-LHR-NCL-MUC for 4500 Avios and 85€, now it is 5000 Avios and 102€. Why 500 Avios more? And why 17€ more? It's still 9000 and 42€ though. London to AMS usually costs 2250 + S$70.00 But I noticed the points featured a minimum of 2500 points and S$87 today. It was still the lower amount three days ago when I last checked. Was there any officially notice about the increase? |
Originally Posted by Guy Betsy
(Post 21370642)
Was there any officially notice about the increase?
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UuA is only allowing me to select "Economy". I want to select a WT+ seat and UuA it to CW. Is this a recent limitation - I upgraded WT+ seats to CW LHR to Toronto, 2 years ago.
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I can only upgrade Economy seats using UuA - is this right?
I want to book WT+ seats and UuA to CW to either Vancouver or Calgary for my family next July. It's only allowing me to select "Economy" at the "Book and Upgrade" page of BAEC website. I've tried it on 3 computers and IE/Firefox.
It only allows me to select "Economy" before I've even entered any destinations or dates - as though the only seat you can upgrade is an economy seat no matter what the date/destination... Is this a new limitation? I upgraded WT+ to CW with points to Toronto 2 years ago... Thanks in advance Planky |
Originally Posted by planky
(Post 21371336)
I want to book WT+ seats and UuA to CW to either Vancouver or Calgary for my family next July. It's only allowing me to select "Economy" at the "Book and Upgrade" page of BAEC website. I've tried it on 3 computers and IE/Firefox.
It only allows me to select "Economy" before I've even entered any destinations or dates - as though the only seat you can upgrade is an economy seat no matter what the date/destination... Is this a new limitation? I upgraded WT+ to CW with points to Toronto 2 years ago... Thanks in advance Planky |
Originally Posted by planky
(Post 21371336)
It only allows me to select "Economy" before I've even entered any destinations or dates ...
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cancellation one ticket under a two-ticekt reservation
Hi guys, I need some more info about my case as I searched and didn't find too much info.
I've booked tickets for my friend and I MEX-MIA o/w on AA metal with Avios. Now she has changed her plan so I need to cancel her ticket. I've tried cancelling online for her ticket only but the website said Cancellations will apply to all passengers in the booking. If you do not want to make the cancellation for all passengers please contact your local British Airways office.You may be charged for offline service fees. So if I call 800 452 1201, can I assume that agents know how to cancel one ticket while keep the other under a two-ticket reservation? Are BA agents clueless as DL's? I'm a little bit concerned that they might be ruined my reservation as too much pain gained from dealing with DL.. Also I know that I need to pay $40 for online cancellation (or will be refunded fuel surcharge minus $40) and get the 10,000 Avios redeposit, In addition to that, will I be charged for $20 phone agent fee? TIA! |
New and trying to learn....
My wife and I are contemplating using BA as our carrier of choice. I've been reading through the BA website to learn the system of being BAEC. As we would probably qualify at the Gold level I have a couple of observations that I would like clarified.
It seems that once you reach Gold you have all the lovely perks for booking, boarding, lounges, etc. as we would find with most quality airlines. The part that seems a disappointment is that there is no "leg up" or advantage to being Gold with regard to upgrading. It seems that everyone from Blue to Gold GL is in the same competition to upgrade with the various methods of getting into CW or First. Coming from Air Canada the Super Elites have booking windows that give them preference over the lower qualifying levels. I realize that BA will only release so many seats per flight until they conclude that they will not sell the remainder and at that time they would be released back into the pool for upgrades that will be gobbled up first come first serve. Also, if you book a ticket you would have to manually search every day/week to see if any space has come available. This might work if you are planning months and months ahead as you should find your upgradable space but on departures less than a month out it seems to be a very low possibility of an upgrade. Have I understood the system? |
Originally Posted by e cosi
(Post 21373829)
I realize that BA will only release so many seats per flight until they conclude that they will not sell the remainder and at that time they would be released back into the pool for upgrades that will be gobbled up first come first serve.
Also, if you book a ticket you would have to manually search every day/week to see if any space has come available. This might work if you are planning months and months ahead as you should find your upgradable space but on departures less than a month out it seems to be a very low possibility of an upgrade. Have I understood the system? But, using Avios is much more of an art than a science: e.g. you need to think about fuel surcharges, minimizing connections, and distance thresholds. In any event, gold is really nice to have. |
Originally Posted by e cosi
(Post 21373829)
The part that seems a disappointment is that there is no "leg up" or advantage to being Gold with regard to upgrading. It seems that everyone from Blue to Gold GL is in the same competition to upgrade with the various methods of getting into CW or First. Coming from Air Canada the Super Elites have booking windows that give them preference over the lower qualifying levels.
Originally Posted by e cosi
(Post 21373829)
Also, if you book a ticket you would have to manually search every day/week to see if any space has come available. This might work if you are planning months and months ahead as you should find your upgradable space but on departures less than a month out it seems to be a very low possibility of an upgrade. Have I understood the system?
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