BA Avios not pricing out as off-peak on Aer Lingus
Jul 25, 2018, 12:13 pm
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BA Avios not pricing out as off-peak on Aer Lingus
Need some help here. I thought that BA was using the Aer Lingus award chart for flights on Aer Lingus. I'm looking at flying the third week in April, which is an off-peak period, from DUB to PHL. According to the EL chart, that should price out at 13,000 avios. But when I called BA two different times, each agent said it was coming up as 20,000 avios in their system. Am I missing something?
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Jul 25, 2018, 12:19 pm
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You can also book online using avios.com before it closes (example below) or through the AerClub site. Not sure if you'll be able to transfer your avios over to either of those yet though if you don't have an account yet. The YQ also seems to vary. Screenshots below from avios.com confirm that 3rd week April is pricing up as peak.
Last edited by Ldnn1; Jul 25, 2018 at 12:32 pm
Jul 25, 2018, 12:33 pm
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Need some help here. I thought that BA was using the Aer Lingus award chart for flights on Aer Lingus. I'm looking at flying the third week in April, which is an off-peak period, from DUB to PHL. According to the EL chart, that should price out at 13,000 avios. But when I called BA two different times, each agent said it was coming up as 20,000 avios in their system. Am I missing something?
Thanks!
Thanks!
I believe that booking EI using BA call centre does give you EIs peak and off peak calendar just in this case the flights for EI are during a peak time.
Jan 7, 2019, 1:30 pm
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Grrrr. The BA calendar has early July as off peak but the EI one is peak. Sounds like if award calculation for peak/off is determined by the carrier not the booker.