BA American Express 2-4-1 Voucher Discussion
Sep 14, 2018, 4:40 pm
#931
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: LON
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Sep 14, 2018, 7:48 pm
#934
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 2,832
Your agent is correct. You can check on the website to see which dates have been released (unless all of the tickets have been snagged).
Sep 15, 2018, 2:10 am
#935
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: BA Silver
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The 355 days thing is a bit confusing. As each day starts at midnight GMT, tickets are on sale for that day plus 354 future days I think.
Sep 15, 2018, 4:27 am
#936
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This is correct. I've checked it several times over the years. The basic position is that BA sells tickets for 355 days at any one time, including today.
Sep 15, 2018, 6:11 pm
#937
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 447
Done. But done online after a misinformed agent on the phone. Frustrating.
Agent told me that because I'd called at 0058, and so before 0100, then if she did a search then no seats would come up. She said that seats 'will take about an hour to load onto the system', and that I need to call back at 7am tomorrow. I told her I needed to make sure I got the seats, but she said there'd be no problem with getting them in the morning. "But I need 2 business class seats" "Not a problem - we load 8 onto the system".
Obviously this is patently incorrect.
Anyway, did it online - not a problem for now as it's my outbound, but if I get another wrong agent when it comes to booking the return, I'll be mightily irritated if I lose the seats I need!
Agent told me that because I'd called at 0058, and so before 0100, then if she did a search then no seats would come up. She said that seats 'will take about an hour to load onto the system', and that I need to call back at 7am tomorrow. I told her I needed to make sure I got the seats, but she said there'd be no problem with getting them in the morning. "But I need 2 business class seats" "Not a problem - we load 8 onto the system".
Obviously this is patently incorrect.
Anyway, did it online - not a problem for now as it's my outbound, but if I get another wrong agent when it comes to booking the return, I'll be mightily irritated if I lose the seats I need!
Sep 16, 2018, 7:53 am
#938
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 21
Little video to say thanks to the forum for my flight - just back this morning
LGW-CUN (I booked last year!) - back on G-VIIO 1E & F
Sep 16, 2018, 8:20 am
#939
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: LON
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Posts: 258
https://youtu.be/nbztQqGqptk
Little video to say thanks to the forum for my flight - just back this morning
LGW-CUN (I booked last year!) - back on G-VIIO 1E & F
Little video to say thanks to the forum for my flight - just back this morning
LGW-CUN (I booked last year!) - back on G-VIIO 1E & F
Sep 16, 2018, 8:40 am
#940
Join Date: Oct 2009
Posts: 36
Currently on holiday in Canada, which shall we say is not off to the best start... the latest problem is that a hotel we are staying at has significantly over-charged my BA Amex and put me over the £10k (this was prior to even checking in!), before I intended to hit this limit. The voucher has been triggered 
The manager has refunded the amount but of course this is hitting my account after the trigger so isn't going to have any effect on reversing the voucher issue.
Is there a specific person or email address I should be using to try and sort this out? I have already chatted online with Amex who say it's out of their hands.
Many thanks for any help and advice.
The manager has refunded the amount but of course this is hitting my account after the trigger so isn't going to have any effect on reversing the voucher issue. Is there a specific person or email address I should be using to try and sort this out? I have already chatted online with Amex who say it's out of their hands.
Many thanks for any help and advice.
Sep 19, 2018, 8:33 am
#941
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: London & Orlando
Programs: BA Silver, HH Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 475
I have a quick question about earning the 2-4-1 voucher. My better half has just applied for and been approved for the Platinun Plus card, does the earning year run Jan to Dec so in otherwords if we spend 10k before Xmas and recieve the first voucher we can start earning a new voucher from Jan 01st 2019 ?
Or does the earning year run from now till the first aninversary of her recieving the card, so Sept 2019 ?
Or does the earning year run from now till the first aninversary of her recieving the card, so Sept 2019 ?
Last edited by eddy67; Sep 19, 2018 at 8:34 am Reason: typo
Sep 19, 2018, 8:43 am
#942
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(I think that technically it's the Premium Plus card. There are other Amex cards that are described as Platinum but they don't earn 2-4-1 vouchers.)
Sep 19, 2018, 9:58 am
#943
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: London & Orlando
Programs: BA Silver, HH Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 475
Thank you for the info, yes its the Premium Plus card... :-) Cheers
Sep 20, 2018, 4:45 am
#944
Join Date: Oct 2017
Programs: BAEC Silver, Flying Blue Platinum; Hilton Gold, IHG Diamond, Marriott Titanium, Wyndham Diamond
Posts: 788
Can someone clarify the rule for open jaws for me, as I'm finding the phrasing in the FAQs slightly ambiguous. Can the 'gap' be longer than one of the flights, as long as it's shorter than the other, or does it need to be shorter than both flights?
Sep 20, 2018, 4:48 am
#945
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Wikipost now updated to revise this one.