bernardh

Thanks for the very fast reply!

wuileng

Ahh woops, missed that. Thanks!

ExpatSomchai

Managed, after a bit of work, to bag a LHR - KUL (F) - BKK - LHR (J) for March/April next year so was pretty pleased with the Ł1100 far + Avios

firstlight

Stopovers - is it possible to book these online or does it have to be done over the phone?

I'd like to go to SYD via SIN for example with 2 or 3 days in SIN.

BrianDromey

In theory you can do this online. However on LHR-SIN-SYD you might struggle to book this due to availability of J seats all the way to SYD. You will be able to book the initial UK-SIN online and then add the SIN-SYD three days later, assuming you are booking 355 days in advance. At least that avoids one nerve-wrecking 0100 phone call.

vintagepilot

This is a bit of a combined 241 and B787 cancellation question. We have a 241 outbound to Calgary in September. Given the 787 issues, and that there is only one direct BA flight a day, what happens if the planned flight is cancelled -

Can we be re-routed via another carrier, or a connecting route which includes another carrier, given the booking conditions for 241 being BA metal only?
Is it more likely that it will just be an aircraft change on a route with only one flight per day?

pauldb

I think you're unlikely to see a cancellation but the 241 won't prevent you being rerouted if it comes to that (it doesn't affect BA's EU261 obligations). It might be more complicated if there are downgrades required, but I assume you are in J not F, and a plane switch is likely to provide more J not less.

vintagepilot

Yes, only J on that service, No F.

Maybe my poor wording, but not so worried about being re-routed - just wondering if that was even possible given that the booking 241 condition is that it is on BA metal. 'Can a 241 be re-routed onto non-BA metal' would have been a better question. I don't want to book everything else, hotels/car etc, to find the flight cancelled with no alternatives provided.

pauldb

That's the question I understood and answered: no the BA-metal restriction shouldn't be relevant to any rerouting, including on to other carriers.

That's not to say they won't perhaps try and move you +/- a day instead of rerouting, but that won't be down to the 241.

sarahhj

I'm in the exact same position. My understanding is that the problem is more with the 787-9 (those that have F cabin) so we should be ok being on a route which flies without F. That's what I'm thinking/hoping anyway...

balowlyblue

Nabbed 2x LGW-MCO in J for Disney next April with my companion voucher, not going to complain about Ł600 each return!

Rookersa

I have secured LHR x SJC (San Jose) in F travelling May 2019 using a companion voucher. In the next few days I need to book the return....In preparation I have a couple of questions;
Is it 12 mid-night or 01:00 that I have to phone either the USA or Japan call centre?
Are the USA call centre staff dealing with these request, I have read here that there have been occasions when they have declined to assist a UK caller?

Thank you

pmramsay

I have just returned from a 2-4-1 F journey from Man to Mex via LHR and I am looking at booking the same for next year. I have done a few dummy bookings and notice that including the Man - LHR legs adds over Ł300 to the cost of the journey (same amount of miles though!). I have booked the LHR to MEX leg in first using my voucher but what I would like to know is can I book the return so it is MEX to LHR to MAN when the availability opens up? The dummy booking for MEX to MAN does not show quite as much price difference.

Sorry if this is explained elsewhere bout couldn't see this specific scenario. Cheers!

BobOnBA

Hello everyone - thank you in advance for any advice.

I'd like some help on the best means of arranging a trip from Mancester to Las Vegas via LHR for my parents and I next May. They have never travelled business class so I'd like to use my avios stash and a 2-4-1 voucher to best effect to book in such a way that they can travel in business, myself in premium and we can all enter the business lounges in LHR T3. I have BA Gold status, they have no status.

So specific questions:

1) Is there anyway for me to be booked into a reward premium economy seat and they have the 2 business seats? Or will I have to be seated in the business seat and see if a kind cabin crew member will let me swap before take off?
2) I think I am right in saying that regardless of whether I am booked into premium or club, we will all have access to the oneworld business class lounges in T3? Or do they need to hold status to visit anywhere but the BA lounge?

Thank you again for any help!

Globaliser

1) If you're using the 2-4-1 voucher to book the two business class seats, then you will have to be one of the passengers on that booking. One of your parents would be the other passenger on that business class booking. The other parent would have to be the passenger on the premium economy booking. However, from my experience, it would not be a problem for you to sit in the premium economy seat throughout, so that your parents will actually be together in business class for the whole flight. Whenever I have done anything like this, I've told the cabin crew on boarding that this is the plan, and asked if it's OK - it's never been a problem. One useful thing may be to make sure that the parent with whom you're swapping is the one of the same gender as you, so that the business class booking will be for one male and one female passenger.

You will have to be aware that to get a specific premium economy seat pre-allocated on that booking, you'll have to pay as the named passenger won't have status and therefore won't be entitled to free pre-allocation (as you would be, if you were on that ticket). This is one of the costs of the plan, but probably pretty trivial in the grand scheme.

2) You, as a Gold, can guest in the parent whose ticket is in premium economy, and into any of the oneworld businss class lounges. The other parent is in business class and will get into the business class lounges anyway on the strength of that (and this should apply to all of the oneworld lounges). However, you won't all be able to get into first class lounges because your entitlement would be for you plus one guest only.