First Class Reward Availability
Dec 23, 2019, 6:42 am
#1
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First Class Reward Availability
Hi All,
I currently have a booking for a business class return to Mumbai for late next year. I've been watching to see if first class availablity is released at any stage and have obviously been using rewardflightfinder.
I seen last week their website banner stating the BA data source is showing incorrect first class availablity so have ignored it since then.
Today I have been using the BA app and seen that it's showing first class availablity for the outbound from Heathrow. Unfortunately, when going through the process it comes up stating no first class and business only.
Is this a case of the same data source for rewardflightsaver also being used to run the website and app, until the stage of actually booking? Or is it a case of calling BA and they might be able to book.
Obviously I'm on the side of if it looks too good to be true it obviously is, and therefore BA app and website are incorrect and there is no first class availablity.
The only other thing confusing me and I'm sure you can answer this. Is when on the reward booking it only shows the classes (Econ - Bus) but when booking cash it shows all 4 (Econ - First). Is this normal or should it not be showing a greyed out first much like prem Econ?
I currently have a booking for a business class return to Mumbai for late next year. I've been watching to see if first class availablity is released at any stage and have obviously been using rewardflightfinder.
I seen last week their website banner stating the BA data source is showing incorrect first class availablity so have ignored it since then.
Today I have been using the BA app and seen that it's showing first class availablity for the outbound from Heathrow. Unfortunately, when going through the process it comes up stating no first class and business only.
Is this a case of the same data source for rewardflightsaver also being used to run the website and app, until the stage of actually booking? Or is it a case of calling BA and they might be able to book.
Obviously I'm on the side of if it looks too good to be true it obviously is, and therefore BA app and website are incorrect and there is no first class availablity.
The only other thing confusing me and I'm sure you can answer this. Is when on the reward booking it only shows the classes (Econ - Bus) but when booking cash it shows all 4 (Econ - First). Is this normal or should it not be showing a greyed out first much like prem Econ?
Last edited by LonBom; Dec 23, 2019 at 6:49 am Reason: Typo
Dec 24, 2019, 10:54 am
#3
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,190
If there appears to be availability, and you cannot book online, then call to find out for sure. Alternatively a dummy Avios booking attempt is usually a pretty good way to verify if there is availability in a particular cabin.
(I believe that some views of availability may only be updated every 24 hours, so could be out of date.)
rb211.
(I believe that some views of availability may only be updated every 24 hours, so could be out of date.)
rb211.
Dec 24, 2019, 11:21 am
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If there appears to be availability, and you cannot book online, then call to find out for sure. Alternatively a dummy Avios booking attempt is usually a pretty good way to verify if there is availability in a particular cabin.
(I believe that some views of availability may only be updated every 24 hours, so could be out of date.)
rb211.
(I believe that some views of availability may only be updated every 24 hours, so could be out of date.)
rb211.