Your guide to spending Avios | 2019 edition
Sep 28, 2019, 5:13 am
#346
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Is it possible to book an itin with one flight in F and a connecting flight in Y, using Avios as a single ticket on QR ?
Thanks & regards,
El Puerco Volante
Thanks & regards,
El Puerco Volante
Sep 28, 2019, 6:01 am
#347
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Yes that’s fine. You may be able to do it on ba.com but if not just check reward availability for each sector and call to book on one ticket.
Oct 2, 2019, 5:07 am
#348
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Netherlands
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Hi,
I tried searching but did not easily find it, I just noticed that if I am within a HHA, I cannot book flights for members outside of the HHA. Is there any way to work around this? Or do I need to also now get the person I want to book for into the HHA group?
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
I tried searching but did not easily find it, I just noticed that if I am within a HHA, I cannot book flights for members outside of the HHA. Is there any way to work around this? Or do I need to also now get the person I want to book for into the HHA group?
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
Oct 2, 2019, 5:10 am
#349
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Hi,
I tried searching but did not easily find it, I just noticed that if I am within a HHA, I cannot book flights for members outside of the HHA. Is there any way to work around this? Or do I need to also now get the person I want to book for into the HHA group?
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
I tried searching but did not easily find it, I just noticed that if I am within a HHA, I cannot book flights for members outside of the HHA. Is there any way to work around this? Or do I need to also now get the person I want to book for into the HHA group?
Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
Oct 3, 2019, 8:15 am
#351
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: DCA
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I am stunned at how poor value it is to upgrade with avios right now. Two weeks ago they told me that it would be 150k avios to upgrade from CW to F on a flight from LHR to IAD. Today I'm doing the same flight again and they told me there was availability and it would be 109,500 avios. AYFKM? A return reward flight in F is only 136k avios!
Oct 3, 2019, 8:24 am
#352
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I am stunned at how poor value it is to upgrade with avios right now. Two weeks ago they told me that it would be 150k avios to upgrade from CW to F on a flight from LHR to IAD. Today I'm doing the same flight again and they told me there was availability and it would be 109,500 avios. AYFKM? A return reward flight in F is only 136k avios!
Oct 3, 2019, 8:27 am
#353
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I am stunned at how poor value it is to upgrade with avios right now. Two weeks ago they told me that it would be 150k avios to upgrade from CW to F on a flight from LHR to IAD. Today I'm doing the same flight again and they told me there was availability and it would be 109,500 avios. AYFKM? A return reward flight in F is only 136k avios!
Oct 3, 2019, 8:30 am
#354
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I am stunned at how poor value it is to upgrade with avios right now. Two weeks ago they told me that it would be 150k avios to upgrade from CW to F on a flight from LHR to IAD. Today I'm doing the same flight again and they told me there was availability and it would be 109,500 avios. AYFKM? A return reward flight in F is only 136k avios!
AFAIK, a UuA from Club to First on LHR-IAD remains 20,000 one-way (or 18,000 if it's an off-peak date) - see the chart in Your guide to spending Avios | 2019 edition
Oct 3, 2019, 8:45 am
#355
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Yes as noted by wilsnunn I think you are referring to the avios equivalent of AUPs - I don't think anyone has managed to argue they are good value! However, if you do want to upgrade using avios I would suggest looking at upgrading using avios (UuA) which is at much better rates (off the top of my head I think around 18-20,000 for one way on that route).
And for clarity, the prices for these airport upgrades is very different from the prices for normal upgrades using Avios.
AFAIK, a UuA from Club to First on LHR-IAD remains 20,000 one-way (or 18,000 if it's an off-peak date) - see the chart in Your guide to spending Avios | 2019 edition
AFAIK, a UuA from Club to First on LHR-IAD remains 20,000 one-way (or 18,000 if it's an off-peak date) - see the chart in Your guide to spending Avios | 2019 edition
Oct 3, 2019, 9:03 am
#356
Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: DCA
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UuA wasn't an option on either of these trips, not sure why but maybe the fare code that Porsche and then Audi booked my tickets under? LHR wasn't my final destination, IAD>LHR on Sepy 17 was fare code D, the return on 21st was R, then for this most recent trip outbound was D on American (on a three-class plane so nothing to upgrade to anyway) and the flight I'm about to get on is a J.
But the 0.5p per Avios answer makes perfect sense. I'll just keep racking up the avios so I can take edcaya somewhere nice instead.
Oct 5, 2019, 6:49 pm
#357
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"01 UuA on BA only flights, booked through a BA sales channel
You can upgrade from economy to premium economy on all published fares except Q, O, and G. You can upgrade any World Traveller Plus or Club World fare to the next available cabin. One-way UuAs are possible at any time as is cherry picking individual sectors for upgrade. "
Maybe I am misreading the above advice, but when I tried to upgrade domestic legs of INV - AUH rtn from Y to J I was told the whole ticket had to be upgraded using Avios, I could not cherry pick. This could not happen because there was no avios availability on the LHR - AUH sectors. The overall ticket has been booked in W.
You can upgrade from economy to premium economy on all published fares except Q, O, and G. You can upgrade any World Traveller Plus or Club World fare to the next available cabin. One-way UuAs are possible at any time as is cherry picking individual sectors for upgrade. "
Maybe I am misreading the above advice, but when I tried to upgrade domestic legs of INV - AUH rtn from Y to J I was told the whole ticket had to be upgraded using Avios, I could not cherry pick. This could not happen because there was no avios availability on the LHR - AUH sectors. The overall ticket has been booked in W.
Oct 5, 2019, 10:16 pm
#358
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"01 UuA on BA only flights, booked through a BA sales channel
You can upgrade from economy to premium economy on all published fares except Q, O, and G. You can upgrade any World Traveller Plus or Club World fare to the next available cabin. One-way UuAs are possible at any time as is cherry picking individual sectors for upgrade. "
Maybe I am misreading the above advice, but when I tried to upgrade domestic legs of INV - AUH rtn from Y to J I was told the whole ticket had to be upgraded using Avios, I could not cherry pick. This could not happen because there was no avios availability on the LHR - AUH sectors. The overall ticket has been booked in W.
You can upgrade from economy to premium economy on all published fares except Q, O, and G. You can upgrade any World Traveller Plus or Club World fare to the next available cabin. One-way UuAs are possible at any time as is cherry picking individual sectors for upgrade. "
Maybe I am misreading the above advice, but when I tried to upgrade domestic legs of INV - AUH rtn from Y to J I was told the whole ticket had to be upgraded using Avios, I could not cherry pick. This could not happen because there was no avios availability on the LHR - AUH sectors. The overall ticket has been booked in W.
Unless for UK domestic flights or SH flights the rules are different from the rest, I remember upgrading just the LH portion of multi-flights trips using avios in the past. I would probably try to call again.
Oct 6, 2019, 2:02 am
#359
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I am sure someone more expert will reply soon, but in the meantime that seems wrong to me.
Unless for UK domestic flights or SH flights the rules are different from the rest, I remember upgrading just the LH portion of multi-flights trips using avios in the past. I would probably try to call again.
Unless for UK domestic flights or SH flights the rules are different from the rest, I remember upgrading just the LH portion of multi-flights trips using avios in the past. I would probably try to call again.
Oct 12, 2019, 9:49 am
#360
Join Date: Jun 2009
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Does anyone know if you can use either a 2-4-1 voucher and/or a GUF2 voucher on a double avios gold priority reward?