Urgent help needed- IB flight booked through BA can’t check in!
Sep 16, 2019, 8:30 am
#1
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Urgent help needed- IB flight booked through BA can’t check in!
I booked return flight LHR-MAD-LHR through BA app and am flying on IB metal. Tried OLCI for the return leg MAD-LHR but BA/IB app, BA/IB website all throw up error messages.
I could wait until I arrive in Madrid (currently in HKG) and try checking in at MAD but if the CX to MAD leg is delayed then I fear missing the flight and having to pay for another one (separate tickets)
advice please?
I could wait until I arrive in Madrid (currently in HKG) and try checking in at MAD but if the CX to MAD leg is delayed then I fear missing the flight and having to pay for another one (separate tickets)
advice please?
Sep 16, 2019, 8:33 am
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Have you tried specifically the BA PNR - so not the IB PNR - on the Iberia App? (It's a bit flaky so you may need to do it more than once, plus the IB app has rather pregnant pauses in it).
Sep 16, 2019, 9:00 am
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Thanks for the advice, I got booked in through the IB app so it’s now just a case of re-checking luggage at MAD.
Sep 16, 2019, 9:49 am
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If you have bags and are on separate tickets, then you'll have to go through checkin anyway - I don't think OLCI makes any difference in this case. If the incoming flight from HKG is late you'll have to buy a new ticket anyway.
Sep 16, 2019, 9:53 am
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I think CX’s policy is to check through bags on to separate oneworld bookings so the OP’s bags may already be checked through.
Sep 16, 2019, 9:57 am
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Sep 16, 2019, 12:34 pm
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HI,
CX may even be able to print your IB/BA boarding passs at HKG ( the airport express check in at Kowloon printed out my BA boarding passes -I showed them a paper copy of my BA itinerary with the BA flight details)
Regards
TBS
CX may even be able to print your IB/BA boarding passs at HKG ( the airport express check in at Kowloon printed out my BA boarding passes -I showed them a paper copy of my BA itinerary with the BA flight details)
Regards
TBS
