BA American Express 2-4-1 Voucher Discussion
Nov 26, 2018, 11:42 am
#1096
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: London
Programs: BA Executive Club, UA Mileage Plus, bmi Diamond Club
Posts: 480
I'm looking at changing a booking made in August this year, LHR-MIA return in January - I just want to move each leg a few days earlier.
There's plenty of availability but on top of the change fee I'm being asked for a further £112 each in taxes. Is it correct that taxes have increased since August? This was booked as a return, not two one - way flights added together, and both the current and proposed dates are off-peak.
There's plenty of availability but on top of the change fee I'm being asked for a further £112 each in taxes. Is it correct that taxes have increased since August? This was booked as a return, not two one - way flights added together, and both the current and proposed dates are off-peak.
Nov 26, 2018, 12:42 pm
#1097
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,387
I'm looking at changing a booking made in August this year, LHR-MIA return in January - I just want to move each leg a few days earlier.
There's plenty of availability but on top of the change fee I'm being asked for a further £112 each in taxes. Is it correct that taxes have increased since August? This was booked as a return, not two one - way flights added together, and both the current and proposed dates are off-peak.
There's plenty of availability but on top of the change fee I'm being asked for a further £112 each in taxes. Is it correct that taxes have increased since August? This was booked as a return, not two one - way flights added together, and both the current and proposed dates are off-peak.
Nov 26, 2018, 12:48 pm
#1098
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: London
Programs: BA Executive Club, UA Mileage Plus, bmi Diamond Club
Posts: 480
Nov 27, 2018, 12:54 am
#1099
Join Date: May 2016
Posts: 335
Spent a very pleasant 45 minutes on the phone with Silver Club team and booked this complex itinerary. Well done BAEC! The additional elements of domestic flight add on made it a textbook challenge.
Nov 28, 2018, 2:58 am
#1100
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 3
Hello everyone........first time poster
My question is around having two BA companion vouchers at the same time.....
Both my wife and I are linked to the same Household account.
We have had a major home refurb project going on and have been racking up the spend on each of our BA Premium Credit Cards.
We are on track to hit the £10k spend in a few months
One we do we will each trigger the BA companion voucher.
My question is....if the above happens will we have two BA companion vouchers in our individual/household accounts? Is this allowed?
thanks
My question is around having two BA companion vouchers at the same time.....
Both my wife and I are linked to the same Household account.
We have had a major home refurb project going on and have been racking up the spend on each of our BA Premium Credit Cards.
We are on track to hit the £10k spend in a few months
One we do we will each trigger the BA companion voucher.
My question is....if the above happens will we have two BA companion vouchers in our individual/household accounts? Is this allowed?
thanks
Nov 28, 2018, 3:03 am
#1101
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
Hi bman0606 - welcome to the BA board.
Yes, the vouchers are attached to the individual accounts, not the household, and even then an individual can earn another 2 vouchers from the same card before the first expires, so there is no limit.
Don't forget you need plenty of avios and travel plans to make good use of the vouchers, so consider delaying the triggering of one or both voucher until needed?
Yes, the vouchers are attached to the individual accounts, not the household, and even then an individual can earn another 2 vouchers from the same card before the first expires, so there is no limit.
Don't forget you need plenty of avios and travel plans to make good use of the vouchers, so consider delaying the triggering of one or both voucher until needed?
Nov 28, 2018, 3:15 am
#1102
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 3
Thanks for the speedy response Pauldb...
So to summarise, providing I have enough Avios which is the hard part, I could have a total of 4 companion vouchers at any given point...
2 for me
2 for my wife
4 in our household account
So to summarise, providing I have enough Avios which is the hard part, I could have a total of 4 companion vouchers at any given point...
2 for me
2 for my wife
4 in our household account
Nov 28, 2018, 3:23 am
#1103
Join Date: Nov 2017
Programs: BA, Hilton
Posts: 2,091
Your summary is broadly correct (assuming Premium Plus card as you stated, so 24 months voucher validity) but as pauldb noted, the vouchers attach to the individual and not to the Household account (HHA) so there is no concept of their being "4 vouchers in your HHA", in the sense of their being 4 available for anyone in that HHA to use.
Do have a look at the Wiki post at the start of this thread, it contains a little section on using the vouchers in a HHA that will probably answer your questions.
Nov 28, 2018, 3:34 am
#1104
Join Date: Jun 2003
Programs: BA, IHG, 5C
Posts: 4,413
In theory (but rather self-defeatingly) you can have 3 each: your upcoming voucher might have an expiry of 15/12/20 and were you to earn your next two more rapidly, you might trigger them on say 1/11/19 and 1/11/20, before using/losing the first.
Nov 28, 2018, 3:36 am
#1105
Join Date: Nov 2018
Posts: 3
But at least I now know that its possible to have 3 each.....very unlikely to get that
Nov 28, 2018, 9:43 am
#1106
Join Date: Mar 2018
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 84
Afternoon all, been on the phone twice now to AmEx. I want to close my BA Premium Plus account as I have a voucher and don't want another one. Is this possible without losing the voucher? If it makes any difference I'm looking to open a AmEx gold card. Sorry in advance for the noob question
Nov 28, 2018, 9:47 am
#1107
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 42,977
Afternoon all, been on the phone twice now to AmEx. I want to close my BA Premium Plus account as I have a voucher and don't want another one. Is this possible without losing the voucher? If it makes any difference I'm looking to open a AmEx gold card. Sorry in advance for the noob question
Q: Does cancelling my BA American Express card mean I will lose the voucher? Does downgrading my BA American Express Premium Plus card to the Classic card mean I will lose my voucher?
A: No. Contrary to what American Express will tell you, you will keep the voucher if you cancel the card entirely, and similarly your voucher will retain its two year validity if you downgrade from the Premium Plus card to the Classic Card. Remember though that you will need to pay the taxes and fees on an American Express card, so it may be worth asking to downgrade the Premium Plus to the Classic card for this purpose if you don’t hold another Amex.
A: No. Contrary to what American Express will tell you, you will keep the voucher if you cancel the card entirely, and similarly your voucher will retain its two year validity if you downgrade from the Premium Plus card to the Classic Card. Remember though that you will need to pay the taxes and fees on an American Express card, so it may be worth asking to downgrade the Premium Plus to the Classic card for this purpose if you don’t hold another Amex.
Nov 29, 2018, 12:39 am
#1108
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Here today, gone tomorrow
Programs: Nothing shiny :-(
Posts: 2,493
Afternoon all, been on the phone twice now to AmEx. I want to close my BA Premium Plus account as I have a voucher and don't want another one. Is this possible without losing the voucher? If it makes any difference I'm looking to open a AmEx gold card. Sorry in advance for the noob question
Nov 29, 2018, 7:01 am
#1109
Join Date: Sep 2018
Programs: BA
Posts: 65
I am planning on using my first 2-4-1 this week for flights next November. I live in the UK so tickets become available at midnight GMT. Am i best staying up till this time and booking online? Or does anyone recommend a specific BA office to call which would be open at this time?
This question is in the wiki but the link to a potential answer no longer works as copied below
"Q: As redemption seats are released at midnight GMT, what is the best way to secure them? There is no guarantee they will be available when the BA office opens in the morning!
A: A common practice on the forum is to use this tool and call a BA office that is open at midnight GMT. You will then be able to make the booking without waiting for your local office to open. Depending on timezone, Japan, Hong Kong and even the USA are frequently contacted for this purpose."
thanks
This question is in the wiki but the link to a potential answer no longer works as copied below
"Q: As redemption seats are released at midnight GMT, what is the best way to secure them? There is no guarantee they will be available when the BA office opens in the morning!
A: A common practice on the forum is to use this tool and call a BA office that is open at midnight GMT. You will then be able to make the booking without waiting for your local office to open. Depending on timezone, Japan, Hong Kong and even the USA are frequently contacted for this purpose."
thanks
Nov 29, 2018, 7:26 am
#1110
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
If you have already booked the outbound half and you're looking to add the inbound half, you can either make a separate booking online for the inbound half (if you have enough Avios to pay the full amount for that initially) and then call BA in the UK in the morning to have the Avios amount adjusted; or you can call one of the other BA offices to add the inbound half to the existing booking: the numbers for the USA, Japan and Hong Kong are routinely mentioned. There is quite a lot of discussion in this thread about which offices to use.