First - 747 via BOS to MIA or 777 via JFK to MIA?
Sep 13, 2018, 7:26 am
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First - 747 via BOS to MIA or 777 via JFK to MIA?
Hi,
Taking my wife to Florida.
Options are:--
First on 747 via BOS to MIA
First on 777 via JFK to MIA
both on BA before the connection to AA for the flight south.
Any preferences from the experts here?
Taking my wife to Florida.
Options are:--
First on 747 via BOS to MIA
First on 777 via JFK to MIA
both on BA before the connection to AA for the flight south.
Any preferences from the experts here?
Sep 13, 2018, 7:29 am
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Personally, I would go via JFK, since you will get the AA Flagship lounge (and likely flagship lounge dining 
) at Terminal 8. And of course a slightly shorter flight to MIA, which also may give you more opportunity for a lie-flat seat on the domestic flight, versus BOS, but this would probably be more luck than by design.
BOS - the only benefit will be if you absolutely want to be on a 747, but for me this is the poorest BA F option.
) at Terminal 8. And of course a slightly shorter flight to MIA, which also may give you more opportunity for a lie-flat seat on the domestic flight, versus BOS, but this would probably be more luck than by design.BOS - the only benefit will be if you absolutely want to be on a 747, but for me this is the poorest BA F option.
Sep 13, 2018, 8:12 am
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Personally, I would go via JFK, since you will get the AA Flagship lounge (and likely flagship lounge dining ) at Terminal 8. And of course a slightly shorter flight to MIA, which also may give you more opportunity for a lie-flat seat on the domestic flight, versus BOS, but this would probably be more luck than by design.
BOS - the only benefit will be if you absolutely want to be on a 747, but for me this is the poorest BA F option.
) at Terminal 8. And of course a slightly shorter flight to MIA, which also may give you more opportunity for a lie-flat seat on the domestic flight, versus BOS, but this would probably be more luck than by design.BOS - the only benefit will be if you absolutely want to be on a 747, but for me this is the poorest BA F option.
Tried to book online, but the return layover is 1 hr 56 minutes!
So multi-city will not work, and putting in MIA to LHR doesn't pick up that combination of flights - argh!
Do not really want to book via AA.
Sep 13, 2018, 8:21 am
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Is ba.com offering you different inbound routes depending on which outbound route you select? Is it not just a case of picking the outbound route you want from those offered (ie LHR-JFK-MIA), and then picking an appropriate inbound route?
Sep 13, 2018, 8:23 am
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Too much or too little time on the layover, in your view?
Sep 13, 2018, 8:24 am
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Flagship First Dining is only for those passengers who are flying on AA. However, I'd second your preference to fly via JFK - JFK-MIA flights often have lie-flat seats (B767 and B757), while BOS is served either by B738 or A320 with regular domestic first class.
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Sep 13, 2018, 8:26 am
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Return I can only put mia to LHR
and the 16:15 flight out of MIA to ORD then to LHR is not shown on the multicity
Unless I am missing something?
Showing up fine on ITA and I can get AA to show it in Euros, but would prefer a BA if possible.
Sep 13, 2018, 8:27 am
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Sep 13, 2018, 8:32 am
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In that case, it'll be a phone call. If you have the ITA itinerary in front of you, it's dead straightforward to book these. Some call centre agents are well used to having people reading out itineraries straight from an ITA printout.
Sep 13, 2018, 8:36 am
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Thanks.
However, I suspect it will be higher anyway.
Just managed to price on BA with a 6 hour layover at ORD and the price on BA is £600 dearer per person than booking via AA for the same flights.
Was hoping for a BA ticket, but guess it doesn't matter despite flying on BA both ways across the Atlantic.
However, I suspect it will be higher anyway.
Just managed to price on BA with a 6 hour layover at ORD and the price on BA is £600 dearer per person than booking via AA for the same flights.
Was hoping for a BA ticket, but guess it doesn't matter despite flying on BA both ways across the Atlantic.
Sep 13, 2018, 8:36 am
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If you book it with BA over the phone it'll be a BA ticket but not all flights will be under BA code.
Sep 13, 2018, 8:45 am
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If you would be happy to post the itinerary you're thinking of, I'm sure that we could help to try to debug this and work out what might be pushing the price up on some options.