BA 2-for-1 plus additional flights on same ticket?
Aug 10, 2017, 11:13 am
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BA 2-for-1 plus additional flights on same ticket?
Hello,
Does anyone know if by calling BA I can book my 2-for-1 redemption plus adding additional legs with LATAM to the same ticket?
Looking at booking LHR to SCL (redemption) then onto LPB (cash).
Thanks
Does anyone know if by calling BA I can book my 2-for-1 redemption plus adding additional legs with LATAM to the same ticket?
Looking at booking LHR to SCL (redemption) then onto LPB (cash).
Thanks
Aug 10, 2017, 3:15 pm
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I think its very poor these days that BA often decline to sell tickets on partner airlines in conjunction with a BA sector, and seemingly never sell a revenue ticket alongside a redemption one on the same booking. With the current ban on through checking bags and flight protection between separate tickets it greatly reduces the value of BA's offerings.
Aug 10, 2017, 3:23 pm
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I think its very poor these days that BA often decline to sell tickets on partner airlines in conjunction with a BA sector, and seemingly never sell a revenue ticket alongside a redemption one on the same booking. With the current ban on through checking bags and flight protection between separate tickets it greatly reduces the value of BA's offerings.
It is very possible to combine BA and other oneworld/partner flights on one ticket whether that be a revenue or reward flight. The only issue here is with a 2-4-1 voucher which is a specific BA/Amex promotion which causes the issue of adding other non BA flights.
Aug 10, 2017, 3:26 pm
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Yes the terms 2-4-1, companion voucher, and Amex voucher are used interchangeably. It's the same thing. Lots of information on these vouchers in the guide here http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...iscussion.html
Aug 11, 2017, 3:44 am
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I think the point here is not that people want the 241 benefits (i.e. paying 1/2 avios) on the extra flights, it's getting them on the same booking for irrops protection / through checking of bags.
I often find myself having to tag on a (cash) short haul domestic to a US redemption, either because BA don't fly where I want to go, or there's no Avios availability.
It's incredibly frustrating that I can't get the additional flight onto the same ticket, and recently resulted in me spending 7 hours in PHX, because had I chosen the flight with a shorter connection time, I may have been in trouble if the LAX>PHX flight was delayed (we also had a lot of luggage with us on that trip, so the interlining of bags would have been a big help, and not having to collect and recheck would have meant the shorter connection time was a safer bet).
The more inconvenient they make it to redeem your miles, the lower the value of those miles, and I can see me giving up on the BAPP / 241 fairly soon!
I often find myself having to tag on a (cash) short haul domestic to a US redemption, either because BA don't fly where I want to go, or there's no Avios availability.
It's incredibly frustrating that I can't get the additional flight onto the same ticket, and recently resulted in me spending 7 hours in PHX, because had I chosen the flight with a shorter connection time, I may have been in trouble if the LAX>PHX flight was delayed (we also had a lot of luggage with us on that trip, so the interlining of bags would have been a big help, and not having to collect and recheck would have meant the shorter connection time was a safer bet).
The more inconvenient they make it to redeem your miles, the lower the value of those miles, and I can see me giving up on the BAPP / 241 fairly soon!
Sep 4, 2017, 5:22 pm
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I think the point here is not that people want the 241 benefits (i.e. paying 1/2 avios) on the extra flights, it's getting them on the same booking for irrops protection / through checking of bags.
I often find myself having to tag on a (cash) short haul domestic to a US redemption, either because BA don't fly where I want to go, or there's no Avios availability.
It's incredibly frustrating that I can't get the additional flight onto the same ticket, and recently resulted in me spending 7 hours in PHX, because had I chosen the flight with a shorter connection time, I may have been in trouble if the LAX>PHX flight was delayed (we also had a lot of luggage with us on that trip, so the interlining of bags would have been a big help, and not having to collect and recheck would have meant the shorter connection time was a safer bet).
The more inconvenient they make it to redeem your miles, the lower the value of those miles, and I can see me giving up on the BAPP / 241 fairly soon!
I often find myself having to tag on a (cash) short haul domestic to a US redemption, either because BA don't fly where I want to go, or there's no Avios availability.
It's incredibly frustrating that I can't get the additional flight onto the same ticket, and recently resulted in me spending 7 hours in PHX, because had I chosen the flight with a shorter connection time, I may have been in trouble if the LAX>PHX flight was delayed (we also had a lot of luggage with us on that trip, so the interlining of bags would have been a big help, and not having to collect and recheck would have meant the shorter connection time was a safer bet).
The more inconvenient they make it to redeem your miles, the lower the value of those miles, and I can see me giving up on the BAPP / 241 fairly soon!
Sep 4, 2017, 5:26 pm
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I don't believe any airline combined reward and revenue flights on one ticket?
It is very possible to combine BA and other oneworld/partner flights on one ticket whether that be a revenue or reward flight. The only issue here is with a 2-4-1 voucher which is a specific BA/Amex promotion which causes the issue of adding other non BA flights.
It is very possible to combine BA and other oneworld/partner flights on one ticket whether that be a revenue or reward flight. The only issue here is with a 2-4-1 voucher which is a specific BA/Amex promotion which causes the issue of adding other non BA flights.
Sep 4, 2017, 11:26 pm
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Sep 4, 2017, 11:26 pm
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??! The only way they could do that is by effectively cancelling one booking and adding flights to the other as tickets cannot be 'merged' or 'combined'. I've never heard of any airline doing that before so if aa do that would be unique enough that people might want to stick with them only for that.