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Please list any issues/queries here. Updated to post # 87 plus 129.

iOS

Problem :
-upgrade button doesn’t work. It delivers MMB section but no upgrade ability (says to use normal website)
-seat map doesn’t work (just shows random symbols, not sure if iOS or Android related)
-BEY is in the "Europe" category rather than Middle East
-FDH: an extra "f"
-passbook error fails to download boarding pass - details here.
-On the flight status pages, there is no way to refresh the flight status to view latest information - surely you should be able to swipe down to refresh?
-Wifi password page lists closed BA lounges - Nairobi, Istanbul, Mumbai.
- app doesn't seem to update booking details when a return flight is changed via TA after outbound flown, second time I've experienced it recently (resolved when I check-in for booking via ba.com, albeit with a big of a lag - 5 mins+)
- Unable to download terminal maps because hard-coded server name no longer exists
- Ability to download mobile BPs is tied to phone clock showing 24 hours before departure whereas on connections and same-day returns the BP can be available before this.
-Business UK status not showning fast track status.
- The app fails to redirect to AA correctly to change seats on a BA booking
- receiving between 13-15 notifications per OLCI on notifications screen for each flight (testing ios10).
- App shuts down audio playing on other apps when certain BA app pages are loaded, including award search.
- The iPad app does not show the current year's tier points once you retain GGL. A panel on the My Account page, that I assume shows progress to the next tier, simply says you have retained GGL.
- as guest, Wallet boarding pass does not show oneworld status

Query :
-will gate numbers and baggage carousel numbers for non UK airports be displayed?
-Does the timer that determines how soon after departure time the "your next flight" section is updated work? And does this adjust with delays to the flight?
-where did the airport maps go?
-no pictures on the new destinations

Feature Request :
-Facility to add membership card to Wallet
-Booking of awards within the app
-GUI menu button move to left hand side
-synch across devices so if checked in on PC then ability to directly get BP
-gate number displayed on BP
-display booking class in MMB section under further details. (currently this only works using the upgrade button and then clicking on the flight segment in question)
-consistent UI (some sections are new and some revert to mobile site GUI)
-swipe to go back one step as per Apple standards
-change style to tabs instead of home screen and hamburger system
-weather shown should be for date of arrival (if less than 2 weeks away)
-HHA missing info (household account)
-resize add a booking on my bookings screen (too much real estate)
-contact us shows general contact info and not status specific info. (Gold line example)
-opton to turn off the return fares from London bit on bottom of home screen
-A hopeless request, but can it not be made to work with iOS6?
- For those of us who use both iOS and Android, minor request but can we have 'My account' list Avios and TPs in the same order (Android shows TPs then Avios, iOS shows Avios then TPs)
- Similarly can the menu be consistently either top left or top right on both (top right IMHO)
- Can it show LT TPs (at the very least in Full account details, if not on the main page with current Avios/TPs)
- Can it show GGL status on boarding passes please - if ba.com does, so should the app
- Add functionality to allow tracking of your bag (i.e. showing the last point of scan within the baggage tracing system) similar to that on the US Airways app.
- Add a CCR card display please.

Android

Problem :
-Flight Status, by Route & by Airport.
-The airport master data is loaded as :London, United Kingdom, LCY, City Airport
London, United Kingdom, LGW, Gatwick
London, United Kingdom, LHR, Heathrow
Which ever one you choose, it displays as "London, United..", so you can't tellwhich airport you've selected.
-upgrade button doesn’t work. It delivers sorry all available seats have been sold (incorrectly)
-changing seat button doesn’t work (may just be current BA.com issue related)
-seat map doesn’t work (just shows random symbols, not sure if iOS or Android related)
- Issues with reloading bookings after flight has been changed

Query :
-Android Widget no longer seems to exist. Is this intentional?
-version needed to upgrade app? (4.0.2 or earlier compatibility)?
-old boarding passes, are they still available? - yes, just go into previous bookings(EDIflyer)

Feature Request :
-Executive Club contact details (with the appropriate number for logged-in user's current tier)
-Booking of awards within the app
-add to calendar feature should allocate time according to flight duration not a fixed 1 hour
-smoother scrolling
-better contrast when Silver status and text at top of app window (white text)
- For those of us who use both iOS and Android, minor request but can we have 'My account' list Avios and TPs in the same order (Android shows TPs then Avios, iOS shows Avios then TPs)
- Similarly can the menu be consistently either top left or top right on both (top right IMHO)
- Can it show LT TPs (at the very least in Full account details, if not on the main page with current Avios/TPs)
- Can it show GGL status properly please - if ba.com does, so should the app

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Old Jan 29, 2019, 2:24 am
  #1231  
 
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also when logging into my Exec Club on BA.com (via desktop PC) it doesnt show any of my future or past bookings - feels like a glitch on BA systems
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Old Jan 29, 2019, 2:29 am
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Originally Posted by jamesreid978
I’m also experiencing the logging out issue.

also anyone ever noticed that if you are listening to music when you do online check in through the app on iOS your music is paused several times throughout the process? It’s been like this for years for me.
yes get this as well but that’s already listed in the wiki as a known issue.
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Old Jan 29, 2019, 3:27 pm
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Originally Posted by flylikelinz

yes get this as well but that’s already listed in the wiki as a known issue.
these are easy fixes - do BA just ignore the obvious?
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Old Jan 30, 2019, 5:04 am
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Originally Posted by sudge27
also when logging into my Exec Club on BA.com (via desktop PC) it doesnt show any of my future or past bookings - feels like a glitch on BA systems
That issue comes and goes - I was getting that last week on the website AND the app.
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Old Jan 30, 2019, 5:21 am
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It does seem to me that the regularity of the app logging out seems to have a close correlation to when the bookings can't be found.

Considering the amount of touchpoints now managed through the app and the amount of use it gets ( I would estimate that 30-40% of passengers on my flight this morning had digital BPs), I am amazed that BA hasn't properly rebuilt it from the ground up. It looks good on the surface, but it's pretty flaky underneath and the calls back to the mobile web site for things like seat selection are not great customer experiences.
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Old Feb 3, 2019, 2:56 pm
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still having the issue with the app logging me out regularly. did this weekends flights by just logging in to the individual booking. iphone 6S and iOS updated to 12.1.3.
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Old Feb 3, 2019, 3:25 pm
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Trying to book a reward flight...

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Old Feb 3, 2019, 3:26 pm
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Old Feb 4, 2019, 2:20 am
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Originally Posted by KARFA
still having the issue with the app logging me out regularly. did this weekends flights by just logging in to the individual booking. iphone 6S and iOS updated to 12.1.3.
still not working today.
hard to believe a company can leave a key customer interaction channel broken for days. Does BA ‘get’ digital? Not on present evidence.
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Old Feb 4, 2019, 4:20 am
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I am now getting the no bookings found. Ironically it's doing this one the website more now but the app seems a bit stable for now. Got booted out once at the weekend. I found that closing the app on an iPhone seemed to result in less log-outs. I could just be imagining this of course.
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Old Feb 4, 2019, 4:48 am
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Originally Posted by rum
I am now getting the no bookings found. Ironically it's doing this one the website more now but the app seems a bit stable for now. Got booted out once at the weekend. I found that closing the app on an iPhone seemed to result in less log-outs. I could just be imagining this of course.
Spoke too soon. Just got booted out of the BA app just mins after getting the no bookings bug on the site. I'm beginning to think they could be related issues too...
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Old Feb 4, 2019, 4:49 am
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For once the Android app seems to actually be working OK!
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Old Feb 5, 2019, 7:00 am
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Originally Posted by KARFA
still having the issue with the app logging me out regularly. did this weekends flights by just logging in to the individual booking. iphone 6S and iOS updated to 12.1.3.
I have now been getting this behaviour for a week or so. Maddening!
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Old Feb 5, 2019, 1:20 pm
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Originally Posted by mikebg
I have now been getting this behaviour for a week or so. Maddening!
there is an update for the app which seems to have come out this evening and claims to address the issues. Let’s hope that’s the case.
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Old Feb 7, 2019, 12:28 am
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I still get booted out of app as soon as I log in, I have uninstalled and reinstalled app but makes no difference. Am I the only one still getting this issue?
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