Booking a aa flight thru ba. Site
Sep 4, 2018, 1:50 am
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However if using as a whole Avios ticket yes it is bookable on ba.com.
Y = 10k Avios and £4.30
J = 20k Avios and £4.30
Sep 4, 2018, 4:06 am
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I don't believe they can, as they're not licensed (or whatever the correct term is) to operate or sell US domestic. I think the position is that they can only sell as part of an itinerary including the transatlantic hop.
Sep 4, 2018, 4:49 am
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On the BA code yes, but they can sell you an AA flight, in this case BA are just a travel agent like any other.
Sep 4, 2018, 5:13 am
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While BA allows ticketing solely AA itineraries on its stocks, AA often has restrictive provisions in its fares that the ticket must be issued on AA stock. Therefore, BA often can only issue expensive fares.
Sep 4, 2018, 6:53 am
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The plan is to go to Seattle and drive back to Chicago then fly home , been looking at which is cheap easy option and a return flight to Chicago then a flight to Seattle seams best value option
i have booked only used ba . In the past to gain tps , so thought ba would be an easy option
i have booked only used ba . In the past to gain tps , so thought ba would be an easy option
Sep 4, 2018, 7:19 am
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You could pretty easily book this via the multi-city option on ba.com.
Sep 4, 2018, 7:34 am
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And in case you were unaware, if you book via AA.com you still get the same TPs and Avios, just watch the fare buckets when you book and use the TP calculator on BA.com. You simply add your BAEC number into the AA.com booking.
Sep 4, 2018, 8:00 am
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Just to build on this, it's sometimes cheaper to book the same flights on AA than it is on BA (or Iberia is similar). I booked a complex itinerary with AA that cost me $1400 that would have cost me more than £2000 on BA, and that was flying on BA operated (codeshared) flights for 3 out of 7 sectors. Full TP earned across the whole itinerary.
Sep 4, 2018, 8:40 am
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That flight to Chicago must be very cheap, because google flights is showing me $478 for a Y fare LHR-SEA : ORD-LHR sold by BA. I would be surprised if you could do two tickets for very much less than that. I was looking at October fares.
Sep 4, 2018, 2:28 pm
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im getting £1200+ for july next year via ba multi city ,,,,, edi-lhr-sea out.............ord-lhr-edi in