How do I force a stopover option when booking with Avios?
Dec 9, 2017, 2:18 pm
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How do I force a stopover option when booking with Avios?
This is odd, but as most people know, the Avios Search and Book feature on ba.com loves suggesting a stopover for practically any flight request. I'm trying to book MCT to PHL and I can't get the stopover suggestion to come up. MCT to EWR works without issue. I know the individual flights have availability, but because it is a 23 hour layover, they won't suggest the connection when booking one way; booking separately means I have to pay a pretty penny in APD. Is there any way to manually pull up the stopover option online? I don't want to give the call centre a ring to book this and plead a phone fee waiver if possible.
Dec 9, 2017, 4:39 pm
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This is odd, but as most people know, the Avios Search and Book feature on ba.com loves suggesting a stopover for practically any flight request. I'm trying to book MCT to PHL and I can't get the stopover suggestion to come up. MCT to EWR works without issue. I know the individual flights have availability, but because it is a 23 hour layover, they won't suggest the connection when booking one way; booking separately means I have to pay a pretty penny in APD. Is there any way to manually pull up the stopover option online? I don't want to give the call centre a ring to book this and plead a phone fee waiver if possible.
MCT-LHR-PHL route map
https://www.usatoday.com/story/trave...care/83274870/
https://www.afar.com/magazine/stopov...the-extra-mile
Dec 10, 2017, 7:31 am
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Dec 10, 2017, 11:29 am
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