Tax on UuA WTP to CW - OSL-LHR-JFK
Feb 27, 2019, 11:04 am
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Tax on UuA WTP to CW - OSL-LHR-JFK
Hey guys,
I would like to travel to NYC in CW in April but cash prices are very high for that period. Planning on going from 19/04 to 23/04.
It is actually half price from OSL or ARN, so I'll probably fly from there.
In order to save money, I would like to book a ticket in WTP for my girlfriend and upgrade it with Avios to CW.
I've used the 24h cancellation window to book a ticket and cancel it a few minutes later in order to have an idea of how much it costs to upgrade the LHR-JFK and JFK-LHR legs in CW from WTP.
I wasn't able to do it online as I got an error message so I called up BA.
The person did the math over the phone.
First she said £654, then I told her it was a connecting flight from Oslo to London, so it can't be this high. She acknowledged and did the math again, it's now £48 + 48k Avios.
I wanted to know from your experience if her last calculation sounds correct. I'll book the real tickets soon and I don't want to end up paying significantly more than what I was quoted.
Here's the tax+fare breakdown, before upgrade :
I would like to travel to NYC in CW in April but cash prices are very high for that period. Planning on going from 19/04 to 23/04.
It is actually half price from OSL or ARN, so I'll probably fly from there.
In order to save money, I would like to book a ticket in WTP for my girlfriend and upgrade it with Avios to CW.
I've used the 24h cancellation window to book a ticket and cancel it a few minutes later in order to have an idea of how much it costs to upgrade the LHR-JFK and JFK-LHR legs in CW from WTP.
I wasn't able to do it online as I got an error message so I called up BA.
The person did the math over the phone.
First she said £654, then I told her it was a connecting flight from Oslo to London, so it can't be this high. She acknowledged and did the math again, it's now £48 + 48k Avios.
I wanted to know from your experience if her last calculation sounds correct. I'll book the real tickets soon and I don't want to end up paying significantly more than what I was quoted.
Here's the tax+fare breakdown, before upgrade :
Last edited by MaximeD; Feb 27, 2019 at 11:06 am Reason: Missing the travel date
Feb 27, 2019, 11:25 am
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I would expect the additional taxes/fees/charges for upgrading WTP to CW on both outbound and inbound long haul flights should be around £60-100.
Rather than making bookings and cancelling you can check by just doing dummy revenue bookings on ba.com or itamatrix for WTP and CW and comparing the taxes/fees/charges between the two - you should be paying the difference for your UuA.
Rather than making bookings and cancelling you can check by just doing dummy revenue bookings on ba.com or itamatrix for WTP and CW and comparing the taxes/fees/charges between the two - you should be paying the difference for your UuA.
Feb 28, 2019, 1:58 am
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: London
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Posts: 52
I would expect the additional taxes/fees/charges for upgrading WTP to CW on both outbound and inbound long haul flights should be around £60-100.
Rather than making bookings and cancelling you can check by just doing dummy revenue bookings on ba.com or itamatrix for WTP and CW and comparing the taxes/fees/charges between the two - you should be paying the difference for your UuA.
Rather than making bookings and cancelling you can check by just doing dummy revenue bookings on ba.com or itamatrix for WTP and CW and comparing the taxes/fees/charges between the two - you should be paying the difference for your UuA.
I’ll try with ITA Matrix next time, thanks for the advice!
Feb 28, 2019, 2:02 am
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dont bother trying to use the book and upgrade with avios page - it can often produce incorrect quotes for WTP->CW UuAs. Just do a normal cash booking quite for WTP and CW for the same flights. I know it will also shows CE for the short haul which you don’t want to upgrade but the taxes/fees/charges should still be pretty much correct.