Your guide to spending Avios | 2019 edition
Oct 12, 2019, 4:04 pm
#361
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14. The voucher cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer or promotion, including Gold Priority Rewards (Gold Executive Club membership benefit). For more information on Gold Priority Rewards please visit ba.com.
7. Gold Priority Reward may not be used in conjunction with [i] Avios & Money, [ii] Gold Upgrade for One or Gold Upgrade for Two; or [iii] Avios for Upgrade or [iv] American Express Vouchers.
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Oct 20, 2019, 4:16 am
#362
Join Date: Feb 2016
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Hey guys, I wanna do a UuA on a flight from J to F on BA metal, and wonder if it is possible to use the Avios to upgrade, and then keep my AS number on it? Or does it have to be on BA FFP if I want to upgrade? It may affect my purchase choices for a flight. Thanks!
Oct 21, 2019, 7:45 am
#363
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 79
BA Holidays and Avios
Afternoon,
I appreciate this may be a obvious answer, but I wanted to know whether you can use Avios on BA Holidays and Flights..
I was looking to take advantage of the BA sale and use some of our stored Avios to reduce the price. If I look at the flight only options, it allows me to select the amount of avios I want to use, but as soon as I include a hotel then it no longer seems to give me that option.
Am I missing something or can you not use avios on Holiday and flights?
I appreciate this may be a obvious answer, but I wanted to know whether you can use Avios on BA Holidays and Flights..
I was looking to take advantage of the BA sale and use some of our stored Avios to reduce the price. If I look at the flight only options, it allows me to select the amount of avios I want to use, but as soon as I include a hotel then it no longer seems to give me that option.
Am I missing something or can you not use avios on Holiday and flights?
Oct 21, 2019, 10:11 am
#364
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If i recall correctly, no, you can't part pay with avios when booking a BA holiday package
Oct 21, 2019, 11:58 am
#365
Join Date: Jun 2014
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Although one of the agents said you could pay the deposit and then pay off some of the remainder with avios. But the other agent said this was not possible, so who knows.
Oct 22, 2019, 8:44 am
#366
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 175
UUA travel agent ticket
The guidelines at the beginning of this thread states that the travel agent must be registered in the same country as the address of the BAEC account as a condition for UUA. In practice, does BA check that? How do they check that exactly? Thanks.
Oct 26, 2019, 1:56 am
#367
Join Date: Apr 2016
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If I have a cash booking in Euro Traveller which has been upgraded to Club Europe with Avios. I paid the ticket and upgrade using my Avios (same booking) The person I am travelling with got sick and are not flying. It is less than 24h to departure.
If the other passanger does a no show. Will I be able to claim back the Avios for the upgrade or anything from the ticket price?
If the other passanger does a no show. Will I be able to claim back the Avios for the upgrade or anything from the ticket price?
Oct 26, 2019, 2:15 am
#368
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If I have a cash booking in Euro Traveller which has been upgraded to Club Europe with Avios. I paid the ticket and upgrade using my Avios (same booking) The person I am travelling with got sick and are not flying. It is less than 24h to departure.
If the other passanger does a no show. Will I be able to claim back the Avios for the upgrade or anything from the ticket price?
If the other passanger does a no show. Will I be able to claim back the Avios for the upgrade or anything from the ticket price?
This is something I remember seeing comments either way - sometimes it is enforced and sometimes not.
Oct 29, 2019, 6:28 am
#370
Join Date: Oct 2015
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I am trying to book a reward ticket for my mother to come down from GLA-LCY 19-23 Dec. If I try to book using avios through her non status BA account it shows 18000 avios + £110.18 in taxes or Club Europe. If I try to book same flights through my account it shows 18000 avios + £51 in taxes. Is there any explanation for this out there? Many thanks
Oct 29, 2019, 6:31 am
#371
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I am trying to book a reward ticket for my mother to come down from GLA-LCY 19-23 Dec. If I try to book using avios through her non status BA account it shows 18000 avios + £110.18 in taxes or Club Europe. If I try to book same flights through my account it shows 18000 avios + £51 in taxes. Is there any explanation for this out there? Many thanks
Oct 29, 2019, 7:24 am
#372
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For TA UuA's though remember if there are non BA flights in the itinerary then it's not eligible for UuA. A direct booking with BA including other airlines is OK though for info. More detail here.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30593390-post7.html
UuA on BA only flight, booked through a travel agency
Once the upgrade takes place, BA re-issues the ticket and is then responsible for servicing the ticket for any changes for the re-issued ticket, not the travel agent.
Oct 29, 2019, 8:22 am
#373
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Does anyone have answer on my problem, trying to book award to Tokyo, ba shows sin-hkg-hnd J+F but when trying to find only hkg-hnd F never shows up, only J. Any solution on this?
Oct 29, 2019, 10:23 am
#374
Join Date: Aug 2018
Posts: 175
Happy to be corrected but as far as I can tell, from the Dashboard on this forum, it's BA I believe but maybe someone with experience of this can clarify and/or comment.
For TA UuA's though remember if there are non BA flights in the itinerary then it's not eligible for UuA. A direct booking with BA including other airlines is OK though for info. More detail here.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30593390-post7.html
UuA on BA only flight, booked through a travel agency
Once the upgrade takes place, BA re-issues the ticket and is then responsible for servicing the ticket for any changes for the re-issued ticket, not the travel agent.
For TA UuA's though remember if there are non BA flights in the itinerary then it's not eligible for UuA. A direct booking with BA including other airlines is OK though for info. More detail here.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30593390-post7.html
UuA on BA only flight, booked through a travel agency
Once the upgrade takes place, BA re-issues the ticket and is then responsible for servicing the ticket for any changes for the re-issued ticket, not the travel agent.
When I called up to upgrade, was happy to find out that BAEC is sometimes willing to open up availability for GCH. There was an error in the automated tax/fees difference (as has been reported elsewhere for WTP to CW UUA). I'm extremely grateful to this forum that I knew enough to request a manual pricing- thanks FT. The system had quoted an amount ten times more. Consistently high service quality from the Newcastle call center as usual.
Nov 1, 2019, 6:22 am
#375
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 81
If I cancel a Club Europe redemption to Grenoble, that I paid 6500+£50 for, what amount do I get refunded?