Your guide to spending Avios | 2018 edition
Jun 11, 2018, 3:19 am
#241
Join Date: Mar 2016
Posts: 148
Is there any way to search european reward flight availability from Glasgow/Edinburgh without manualy searching each possible potential city you want to go to?
Jun 11, 2018, 3:25 am
#242
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BA, AF
Posts: 10,130
Do it in two steps, note down what flights/dates are available from EDI/GLA then do another search from London.
Jun 11, 2018, 3:31 pm
#243
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: BAEC Blue, Flying Blue Silver, Hilton Gold, Marriot Gold
Posts: 817
Any reason why there's no avios redemption availability for JFK-LAX on AA? Getting the message "Sorry we can't show American airlines flights at the momment" is it just an IT issue at my end?
Jun 11, 2018, 3:43 pm
#244
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 10,159
Issues, bugs and glitches on ba.com website [Please keep thread clutter-free!]
ba.com has been showing the message below but no end date in sight as far as I can see. The way to look is go into aa.com, look for AA Milesaver availability and call BA and see of that works. PITA I know!
"Sorry, we can’t show you American Airlines flights at the moment"
We are currently experiencing a technical problem displaying American Airlines reward flights. If you would like to book reward flights on American Airlines please contact your local contact centre. We apologise for the inconvenience, and are working to address this problem.
Jun 11, 2018, 3:53 pm
#245
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: United Kingdom
Programs: BAEC Blue, Flying Blue Silver, Hilton Gold, Marriot Gold
Posts: 817
No not your end, it's well reported on ba.com and been around for quite a number of weeks if not longer and there have been a number of threads and posts about it including this thread.
Issues, bugs and glitches on ba.com website [Please keep thread clutter-free!]
ba.com has been showing the message below but no end date in sight as far as I can see. The way to look is go into aa.com, look for AA Milesaver availability and call BA and see of that works. PITA I know!
"Sorry, we can’t show you American Airlines flights at the moment"
We are currently experiencing a technical problem displaying American Airlines reward flights. If you would like to book reward flights on American Airlines please contact your local contact centre. We apologise for the inconvenience, and are working to address this problem.
Issues, bugs and glitches on ba.com website [Please keep thread clutter-free!]
ba.com has been showing the message below but no end date in sight as far as I can see. The way to look is go into aa.com, look for AA Milesaver availability and call BA and see of that works. PITA I know!
"Sorry, we can’t show you American Airlines flights at the moment"
We are currently experiencing a technical problem displaying American Airlines reward flights. If you would like to book reward flights on American Airlines please contact your local contact centre. We apologise for the inconvenience, and are working to address this problem.
Quite frankly Shocking how it's not been sorted if it's been going on for a while now.
Jun 11, 2018, 3:59 pm
#246
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Jun 12, 2018, 4:27 am
#247
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: London
Programs: Mucci Blue, BAEC Gold, Blockbuster Video card
Posts: 1,378
Had a scan through the thread and couldn't see it asked already...
ET >> CE UUA, originally cash booking via a TA. UUA on phone to the BAEC line.
What should be the awarded TPs? I originally thought only ET level but now I am not so sure...
Cheers
ET >> CE UUA, originally cash booking via a TA. UUA on phone to the BAEC line.
What should be the awarded TPs? I originally thought only ET level but now I am not so sure...
Cheers
Jun 12, 2018, 5:04 am
#248
Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
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UuA = Original underlying cash/revenue fare and TPs may vary depending on your class of ticket but on the very odd occasion you might be awarded CE TPs in error, rare though.
Jun 12, 2018, 5:50 am
#249
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Location: London
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Jun 12, 2018, 8:13 am
#250
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The info is in the Dashboard in the other thread below, whereas this one is for spending Avios, lots of golden nuggets in both though. ^
Your guide to the Executive Club, attaining status and earning Avios | 2018 edition
Your guide to the Executive Club, attaining status and earning Avios | 2018 edition
Jun 12, 2018, 10:38 pm
#251
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: BA
Posts: 954
Looking at taking advantage of this half-off Avios redemption promotion by flying from GIG (no surcharges).
If I buy GIG-LHR-MAN and MAN-LHR-GIG return (on the same itinerary as GIG-LHR-MAN-LHR-GIG) and I decide that I want to take the train from Manchester to London a few days early and skip the MAN-LHR segment and fly directly from LHR to GIG.. is this possible? I know I risk them cancelling the LHR-GIG segment if I don't show up for the MAN-LHR segment, but isn't there anyway way I can just tell them in advance that I just want to skip that segment? It's never that simple, is it?
If I buy GIG-LHR-MAN and MAN-LHR-GIG return (on the same itinerary as GIG-LHR-MAN-LHR-GIG) and I decide that I want to take the train from Manchester to London a few days early and skip the MAN-LHR segment and fly directly from LHR to GIG.. is this possible? I know I risk them cancelling the LHR-GIG segment if I don't show up for the MAN-LHR segment, but isn't there anyway way I can just tell them in advance that I just want to skip that segment? It's never that simple, is it?
Jun 12, 2018, 10:41 pm
#252
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
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Looking at taking advantage of this half-off Avios redemption promotion by flying from GIG (no surcharges).
If I buy GIG-LHR-MAN and MAN-LHR-GIG return (on the same itinerary as GIG-LHR-MAN-LHR-GIG) and I decide that I want to take the train from Manchester to London a few days early and skip the MAN-LHR segment and fly directly from LHR to GIG.. is this possible? I know I risk them cancelling the LHR-GIG segment if I don't show up for the MAN-LHR segment, but isn't there anyway way I can just tell them in advance that I just want to skip that segment?
If I buy GIG-LHR-MAN and MAN-LHR-GIG return (on the same itinerary as GIG-LHR-MAN-LHR-GIG) and I decide that I want to take the train from Manchester to London a few days early and skip the MAN-LHR segment and fly directly from LHR to GIG.. is this possible? I know I risk them cancelling the LHR-GIG segment if I don't show up for the MAN-LHR segment, but isn't there anyway way I can just tell them in advance that I just want to skip that segment?
i don’t understand tho, why would you book the flight and decide to take the train? If you are unsure perhaps don’t include the MAN flight to start with?
Jun 12, 2018, 10:48 pm
#253
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: BA
Posts: 954
not really. It’s unlikely they will protect the later flights in the itinerary because you just choose to take the train.
i don’t understand tho, why would you book the flight and decide to take the train? If you are unsure perhaps don’t include the MAN flight to start with?
Jun 12, 2018, 10:58 pm
#254
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Going to Manchester definitely GIG-LHR-MAN, but might want to spend a couple days in London before coming back LHR-GIG. Since the MAN-LHR domestic connection is free on the way back, it seems to make sense to keep the return as MAN-LHR-GIG, but if I lose the LHR-GIG flight if I don't end up taking the MAN-LHR (even if I let them know ahead of time...), then it's not worth it. I would have to book GIG-LHR-MAN-LHR-GIG without the MAN-LHR flight. This might have to be done over the phone because it's not a roundtrip in this case, right?
Jun 12, 2018, 11:02 pm
#255
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: NYC
Programs: BA
Posts: 954
Thanks. I'd like to keep the MAN-LHR segment since it's free, but have the flexibility to simply not fly it in case I want to go to London earlier or later (by bus or train). I don't understand why this isn't possible, especially if I tell them in advance that I can't make the flight but intend on flying LHR-GIG... but I'm not going to risk losing the LHR-GIG segment over it.