Globaliser

Thank you for those kind words!

But much of what I pass on is that which I know how to find quickly. The answer to that question, for example, is one for which Wikipedia is pretty reliable and up-to-date for most airports: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upingt...d_destinations

PETER01

Well, after a personal life changing event 2 years ago one thing I have learnt is if you need to say something, especially positive things!, just say it but I digress there but you do a fantastic job on many a thread answering peoples queries and especially after 18 years on FT!

Ah, your being generally modest in your reply there and I note you and a *few others are regularly on here in this specific thread. That is the secret though, knowing where to find things and more importantly how to interpret and use them like the ITA Matrix, Fare Rules and 101 other things! There aren't enough compliments on FT and personally I just can't grasp ITA Matrix and my pea brain just can't process f/b:c and how to find the best fares and all that (same with Excel Spreadsheets and doing formulas etc!)

Watch others and learn is my motto!

* too many to mention but the likes of KARFA, rossmacd etc

simonsmith

Very many thanks all: Ba have said it can all be booked with BA by ringing them . The UTN sector is SA coded. Will having this in the booking affect whether or not i can upgrade the long hail sectors. ie; should i book it separately?

aceman

quick question, do golds still get free cancellations?

Wanting to book a MEL-HGK flight on cathy pacific just to satisfy onward travel requirements and cancel it once im in the country

Globaliser

No, not for a long time now. GGL still do, though.

Globaliser

Back in 2016, there was a period when this was not showing up on ba.com for Golds. I don't know from experience whether it could be booked offline, but the problem was fixed by the end of August 2016: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/27147718-post538.html

Sadly, it looks like it's gone from ba.com again.

This may or may not be linked to another difficulty, which is that (true) award availability on Comair flights is no longer shown on ExpertFlyer.

Telecasterman

Mrs T and I are out in PHX Aug/Sept - I’ve some people to see in the Bay Area and am looking at using avios to fly PHX - SJC or SFO return . I can see available AA flights in Y using BA .com for 10/9 to 17/9 . However (am I right) it’s HBO? - there are some first tickets to SFO at 60k plus taxes . Ideally like to use SJC. Any idea how to get the best deal? We will have at least 1 checked in bag from the TATL flights and don’t really want to faff using storage at PHX

pauldb

I think you get a free bag as a BA Gold but if not it's only $25e/w.

jerry a. laska

See:
Are AA domestic economy redemptions always HBO?
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...age-policy.jsp

guv1976

It's not HBO in the way that BA HBO fares are. A domestic, Economy Class award flight on AA does not include any free checked bags, but even low-tier elites (oneworld Ruby) get a free checked bag for each passenger on the reservation record. If one has no status, any passenger who checks a first bag would pay $25.

Telecasterman

Cheers Pauldb, guv1976 & jerry a. laska

Thanks for this, very informative. I was wondering if the Avios reward bookings would drop into the (newish) BE offering on AA.

I am Gold and Mrs T Silver so if I have read it right, i will get booked into Main Cabin on AA; our status will allow checked bags, a cabin bag and personal item. I should also be able to select seats.

guv1976

Not only will you be able to select seats, you will be able to select "Main Cabin Extra" seats, some of which offer more leg room than seats in First Class!

victairinternational

I have just booked two flights using the Scandinavian WT+ c£500 fare which in both cases I did the upgrade with Avios for the transatlantic sectors at totally different times (one was back in December) the other today. They were all off-peak zone 5 bookings for the four transatlantic sectors. In all cases I have been charged 14,000 Avios (10,000 less than the listed upgrade price). It was always odd that the upgrades were cheaper at peak, could this be new upgrade pricing or an error that coincidentally happened twice. Overall I saved 80k Avios for my partner and I. It makes the Ex-EU WT+ upgrades a real bargain. Although it cuts out the flexibility of a standard redemption ticket and the connecting flights are in Y, its made up for by earning Avios on these tickets and TPs.

shenyang84

Folks,
I have a quick question about using avios to redeem an one way economy flight between new york and washington on American airline. I am able to find multiple seats available on BA website, however the pricing is 7500 instead of 4500 points (as the flight distance is only 300 miles) throughout the entire schedule (Feb to Nov 2018). Has BA quietly changed his pricing chart for award ticket? I heard some rumors about their dynamic award tickets and never confirmed from any source...

Thanks for replying in advance,

pauldb

To quote from Post 3: "Redemption rates for travel on American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, and TAM will start at 7,500 Avios rather than 4,500 Avios, effectively pricing Distance Band 1 flights as Band 2." This has been the case for 2 years now. Band 1 redemptions for USA domestic flights will be priced as Band 2 from 02 Feb 2016