Upgrade to Business Class on Domestic Connection T5
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Upgrade to Business Class on Domestic Connection T5
Hi. I am flying WTP from YYC via LHR connecting to NCL. When I booked my ticket with BA online I was not given the option for anything other than ET class on the LHR to NCL leg. I wasn't fussed at the time as I had a short layover and the connecting flight is a very short hop. However BA have since cancelled my original connecting flight and now I face a 5 hour layover for the replacement flight with 2 tired children in tow. So now I would like to upgrade my ET ticket to business and use the lounge at LHR however my online booking will not allow this unless I upgrade my first leg to CW. Is this a BA policy to keep the riff raff out of the lounges or can I try and upgrade at the airport when we check in? I have no status with BA.
Thanks.
Thanks.
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Mixed class tickets are tricky to get. Maybe with a travel agent or on the phone you could get it done, but I can't be sure of that
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BA have intentionally set the onward cabin for WTP to be WT; anything outside of this won't currently compute or combine.
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Hi. I am flying WTP from YYC via LHR connecting to NCL. When I booked my ticket with BA online I was not given the option for anything other than ET class on the LHR to NCL leg. I wasn't fussed at the time as I had a short layover and the connecting flight is a very short hop. However BA have since cancelled my original connecting flight and now I face a 5 hour layover for the replacement flight with 2 tired children in tow. So now I would like to upgrade my ET ticket to business and use the lounge at LHR however my online booking will not allow this unless I upgrade my first leg to CW. Is this a BA policy to keep the riff raff out of the lounges or can I try and upgrade at the airport when we check in? I have no status with BA.
Thanks.
Thanks.
Or ring up your ticket issuer and do it by the phone to be certain as they have more control over single elements of the booking.
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Welcome to Flyertalk Schnitzel Von Krumm, welcome to the the BA Board, and you will find the Forum Dashboard useful here. The Airport Upgrade thread explains AUPs. I wonder if the Von Krumm puppies would be better off with a day room at a hotel, or going to Windsor / South Kensington for an hour or two to fill up the time.
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And may I add my welcome to you too Schnitzel Von Krumm. Your Flyertalk name brings back some very happy memories of bedtime reading with our kids many years ago. Perhaps organize a side trip to Donaldson's Dairy on the layover? Hope the trip goes well and we hope to see more of your here.