Avios/Tiers on AA F flight
#16
Join Date: May 2007
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There are some bugs in the system between AA and BA since the re-coding of AA fares last year to make way for their premium economy fares and the re-coding of domestic 2 cabin First tickets into J class fare buckets. JKF/LAX and JFK/SFO are now the only domestic routes with 3 cabin first class where you can book an F or A ticket and get 210 tier points per domestic sector, so the AA system must still have bugs in it when earning tier points. Keep on BA, you are clearly entitled to the points.
#17
Join Date: Jul 2007
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Is there a glitch on posting avios and tier points on this particular flight. JFK-LAX. I too took this flight last week. Was in first class, booking class A (paid), on the three cabin aircraft (32B).
still haven't gotten the 210 tier points I am entitled to. This flight would take me from BA silver to BA gold. I have an upcoming trip next week and would like my new status to be there.
Any way to expedite a mileage claim with a partner? Can they manually process it? I fly American a lot and from my experience they always post within 2-3 days.
thanks
still haven't gotten the 210 tier points I am entitled to. This flight would take me from BA silver to BA gold. I have an upcoming trip next week and would like my new status to be there.
Any way to expedite a mileage claim with a partner? Can they manually process it? I fly American a lot and from my experience they always post within 2-3 days.
thanks
#18
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: London
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Likewise exactly the same issue had a four sector return including JFK-LAX-JFK other sectors posted Avios & TP fine tried to claim missing sectors online first, that got declined, after three phone calls to the always helpful UK GGL line have finally got them credited to BAEC, still battling with On Business.
Ironic as JFK-LAX is a flagship service for AA, as in AA0001 surprised they have not fixed this issue by now as it seems to have been going on for many months.
On a more positive note love the Flagship First dining option at LAX, had quite a tight connection so only used briefly on this trip but plan to fly later in the day next time so I can more fully enjoy the experience. BA could learn a lot from this
I find BACE online claim team seems to just automatically decline Avios and TP as a matter of course, making a phone intervention necessary. Does anyone else have similar experiences?
Ironic as JFK-LAX is a flagship service for AA, as in AA0001 surprised they have not fixed this issue by now as it seems to have been going on for many months.
On a more positive note love the Flagship First dining option at LAX, had quite a tight connection so only used briefly on this trip but plan to fly later in the day next time so I can more fully enjoy the experience. BA could learn a lot from this
I find BACE online claim team seems to just automatically decline Avios and TP as a matter of course, making a phone intervention necessary. Does anyone else have similar experiences?
#19
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Likewise exactly the same issue had a four sector return including JFK-LAX-JFK other sectors posted Avios & TP fine tried to claim missing sectors online first, that got declined, after three phone calls to the always helpful UK GGL line have finally got them credited to BAEC, still battling with On Business.
Ironic as JFK-LAX is a flagship service for AA, as in AA0001 surprised they have not fixed this issue by now as it seems to have been going on for many months.
On a more positive note love the Flagship First dining option at LAX, had quite a tight connection so only used briefly on this trip but plan to fly later in the day next time so I can more fully enjoy the experience. BA could learn a lot from this
I find BACE online claim team seems to just automatically decline Avios and TP as a matter of course, making a phone intervention necessary. Does anyone else have similar experiences?
Ironic as JFK-LAX is a flagship service for AA, as in AA0001 surprised they have not fixed this issue by now as it seems to have been going on for many months.
On a more positive note love the Flagship First dining option at LAX, had quite a tight connection so only used briefly on this trip but plan to fly later in the day next time so I can more fully enjoy the experience. BA could learn a lot from this
I find BACE online claim team seems to just automatically decline Avios and TP as a matter of course, making a phone intervention necessary. Does anyone else have similar experiences?
#20
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Join Date: Feb 2010
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If you mean the online screen for missing Avios, yes I think this has been mentioned before: it works best - and was intended for - those who did not put any FF number at all on their reservation, which remains an issue for some corporate travellers booking via a direct intraweb front end to GDS. So in straightforward cases like that the system will generally work. However if you had a FF number on the reservation and it didn't work at the time, it's not likely to work again until a human looks at the problem in slightly more detail. The one area where it may work is if (e.g.) the flight wasn't properly processed at the gate due to some irrops, but that's going to be the exception. Consequently the advice here is that if you know your FF number was on the reservation and nothing odd happened then you best bypass the online screen and give BA a call about it. The alternative is to use the webform - general complaint form - and fax in the boarding passes.
#21
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A is both a discounted three-class F fare class as well as the confirmable upgrade fare that AA elites can use their SWU or miles + copay to upgrade into from business fare classes (J,D,I).
Maybe BA just coded A as ineligible because it's also an upgrade class? Should obviously be fixed because AA also sells the A class as a revenue class
Maybe BA just coded A as ineligible because it's also an upgrade class? Should obviously be fixed because AA also sells the A class as a revenue class
in terms of selling classes there isn’t any F or A at all on two cabin routes.
#23
Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold, GGL, CCR, Virgin Gold
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As per my earlier post. same happened to me on 2 return trips in Transcon F on a 3 Class Plane. A call to the (extremely helpful) GGL line sorted the problem out, after having received the automatic rejection email.