Your guide to spending Avios | 2018 edition
May 7, 2018, 9:10 pm
#181
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 71
Is anyone else having problems finding any available redemptions on AA flights in the US? I've search a number of common routes on a wide range of date and no matter where I look I'm seeing no flights available.
May 7, 2018, 9:23 pm
#182
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: Juneau, Alaska.
Programs: AS 75K;BA Silver;AA G;HH Dia;HY Glob
Posts: 15,822
Booking American Airlines awards
no good availability with avios for AA flights
AA redemption via BA.com
BA award bookings on AA - phantom or what?
May 11, 2018, 9:50 pm
#183
Join Date: Jan 2010
Programs: AA BA CO DL UA US
Posts: 815
maybe out of 50 clicks, I can get availability to show up once.
May 14, 2018, 2:53 am
#184
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,113
I would like to book a trip with my mother's avios, using my CC to pay for the fee, but on the payment page there is no option to change the name of the paying person.
Am I missing a trick or a passage to be able to change the name of the CC holder?
Thank you in advance
Am I missing a trick or a passage to be able to change the name of the CC holder?
Thank you in advance
May 14, 2018, 5:29 am
#185
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Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: London
Programs: Mucci. Nothing else matters.
Posts: 38,644
No: the page is set up to reflect the T&C that require payment to be made by the BAEC member whose Avios are being redeemed.
May 14, 2018, 7:24 am
#186
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,113
May 14, 2018, 7:37 am
#188
Join Date: May 2014
Location: BRU
Programs: BA GGL, TK E (*G), ITA exec
Posts: 4,113
May 24, 2018, 6:21 am
#189
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
If I book a multi carrier award for say 14,001-20,000 bracket. Can I call up before my first flight and add on a flight and pay the extra Avios for the 20,001-25,000 bracket?
May 24, 2018, 10:07 am
#190
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BA, AF
Posts: 10,130
No, Avios bookings cannot have their zones changed after purchase.
May 24, 2018, 11:10 am
#191
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
Posts: 12,210
Ok thanks. One more question. If I book today and my first sector is in July and my last sector is May 2019 as that is the latest that is available as of today. Can I call up in July 18 and change that to July 19?
So basically is the ticket valid for 1 year from issuance or from the first flight?
So basically is the ticket valid for 1 year from issuance or from the first flight?
May 24, 2018, 12:17 pm
#192
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BA, AF
Posts: 10,130
1 year from first flight.
May 24, 2018, 1:11 pm
#193
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Programs: BA Silver, EY Gold, HH Diamond, IHG Plat
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Great. Last question (I know I said that earlier) Am I allowed to do
LHR-DOH-BKK-DOH-EDI-DOH-MCT-DOH-EDI & (separate PNR) LHR-BKK-LHR open Jaw DXB-LHR off course these will need to be modified slightly to add in the two OW partners.
Appreciate your help BA6501.
LHR-DOH-BKK-DOH-EDI-DOH-MCT-DOH-EDI & (separate PNR) LHR-BKK-LHR open Jaw DXB-LHR off course these will need to be modified slightly to add in the two OW partners.
Appreciate your help BA6501.
May 24, 2018, 1:57 pm
#194
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BA, AF
Posts: 10,130
No, you shouldn't be able to backtrack, especially not in this way. Should be roughly the same one-way or return direction.
May 25, 2018, 12:09 pm
#195
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 1,141
Is AA "MilesSAAver" availability the same what BA should see? I want to upgrade from PE to C on Sep 27 on AA57 and I can see the seat on aa.com, but when I called the Gold line they told me there was no space. It's a corp booking with BA codes and ticketed on BA, so I think that should be fine?
Edit: I think that might be phantom visibility on aa.com. Expertflyer says U0, which is somewhat surprising since there seems to be only 1 seat occupied in C, but oh well.
Last edited by klausa; May 25, 2018 at 12:30 pm