BA fare discounts with AARP Master Thread
Jan 23, 2015, 12:46 pm
#76
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Jan 24, 2015, 9:24 pm
#78
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club
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Jan 29, 2015, 4:53 pm
#80
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: ORD
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Posts: 2,188
For 10% discount, it should be all BA metal. If there are any codeshares operated by other airline, 10% disco won't work.
Jun 8, 2015, 2:35 pm
#81
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Jun 8, 2015, 5:16 pm
#83
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Jun 9, 2015, 6:02 am
#86
Join Date: Jul 2010
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Is it possible that the rules have now changed? I signed up to AARP, and being a non-US citizen, registered to my home address abroad and paid my $28 as a foreign member. Now I cannot get the ba.com/aarp site to validate my membership and let me through to try and book.
When I checked the T&Cs, I noticed this:
"This exclusive AARP member offer is open to US residents paying in US dollars only, with travel originating in the US."
Are these conditions new requirements?
When I checked the T&Cs, I noticed this:
"This exclusive AARP member offer is open to US residents paying in US dollars only, with travel originating in the US."
Are these conditions new requirements?
Jun 9, 2015, 6:24 am
#87
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Sunshine State
Programs: BA Silver; VS Gold; HHonors Diamond; Amex Centurion; IHG Platinum; Club Accor Platinum; TfL Oyster.
Posts: 674
Is it possible that the rules have now changed? I signed up to AARP, and being a non-US citizen, registered to my home address abroad and paid my $28 as a foreign member. Now I cannot get the ba.com/aarp site to validate my membership and let me through to try and book.
When I checked the T&Cs, I noticed this:
"This exclusive AARP member offer is open to US residents paying in US dollars only, with travel originating in the US."
Are these conditions new requirements?
When I checked the T&Cs, I noticed this:
"This exclusive AARP member offer is open to US residents paying in US dollars only, with travel originating in the US."
Are these conditions new requirements?
Jul 2, 2015, 7:24 pm
#88
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: MSN
Programs: AA, BAEC Gold
Posts: 3,933
AARP now HBO
I just made a reservation for ORD to MAN in CW using the AARP discount and it has now become an HBO fare. The first bag is $30 each way and additional bags are $84 if booked online or $100 for any at the airport. Still a good deal and I am still allowed to reserve seats free as Silver.
Jul 2, 2015, 8:06 pm
#89
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Has this happened to anyone else? This sounds like a glitch. CW passengers get free checked baggage. In fact, I think BA offers HBO fares only on Euro Traveler routes.
Originally Posted by MADPhil
I just made a reservation for ORD to MAN in CW using the AARP discount and it has now become an HBO fare. The first bag is $30 each way and additional bags are $84 if booked online or $100 for any at the airport. Still a good deal and I am still allowed to reserve seats free as Silver.
Jul 2, 2015, 8:41 pm
#90
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: MSN
Programs: AA, BAEC Gold
Posts: 3,933
It will be nice if it is a glitch. It showed up even if I priced ORD-LHR on its own so it wasn't linked from LHR-MAN but it wouldn't be a surprise if ba.com was inventing its own rules! The initial AARP cover page still showed the advantages of flying BA as including one free bag.