Will BA spot this and cancel one of my bookings?
Sep 18, 2020, 8:46 am
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Will BA spot this and cancel one of my bookings?
We are looking at booking Avios flights to Seattle, which for our dates are currently shown as operated by 787-10.
If that scheduling sticks, I would be very happy to fly in the new Club Suite. But if there is a substitution between now and December, I prefer to be in F rather than the current J seat.
Right now there are Avios seats in both cabins on the same flights, and my thinking is to book both with a view to cancelling the one I don't need at the last minute (maybe even T-25h?).
So my question is whether BA sweeps for this type of double booking, and if so how long can I expect to hold both before they cancel them? Or am I fine right up until the cancellation point?
Thanks.
If that scheduling sticks, I would be very happy to fly in the new Club Suite. But if there is a substitution between now and December, I prefer to be in F rather than the current J seat.
Right now there are Avios seats in both cabins on the same flights, and my thinking is to book both with a view to cancelling the one I don't need at the last minute (maybe even T-25h?).
So my question is whether BA sweeps for this type of double booking, and if so how long can I expect to hold both before they cancel them? Or am I fine right up until the cancellation point?
Thanks.
Sep 18, 2020, 8:49 am
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Nope. You are fine to hold two bookings for the same flight, BA won't search and auto cancel one.
You plan sounds fine. Obviously the cancellation of the one you don't want will be subject to the usual cancellation fee of Ł35pp.
You plan sounds fine. Obviously the cancellation of the one you don't want will be subject to the usual cancellation fee of Ł35pp.
Sep 18, 2020, 9:37 am
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Definitely. I've just recently cancelled an Avios booking for a family member in a similar situation. Many months ago, a booking was made in ET, but when availability opened up a few weeks later for the same flight in CE, that was booked as well. I finally cancelled the ET booking the day before the flight. There was no complaint from BA or any suggestion that either booking might be cancelled by BA.
Sep 18, 2020, 9:40 am
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just be careful on when to cancel, as its to SFO, they will send the API to the US about 36 hours before, if it is send to them that the same person has two bookings, you may get a lovely SSSS
Sep 18, 2020, 10:21 am
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If F is like it is now I will happily save the Avios to fly Club Suite! But I really don't want to fly ying/yang CW in a covid world. BA can keep my Ł1400 for 3 months and earn a negative interest on it, if the BoE gets its way!
Sep 18, 2020, 1:23 pm
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It may not be tourism. The OP may be an American citizen, green card holder or may have the right to enter the country through another category.
Sep 18, 2020, 1:35 pm
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Indeed. I am married to an American so I am an exemption from the Donald's executive order. And we are going to see family, not for tourism.
Sep 18, 2020, 1:45 pm
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Talking of BA canceling bookings (I'll latch onto this thread), if I hold a booking to a destination, but I think that it'll be canceled and I want to travel somewhere else instead on the same day and time, can I book that and hold the 2 tickets until the first flight gets canceled (or I cancel for an FTV) without one of them being canceled?
Sep 18, 2020, 1:46 pm
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You're one of the lucky ones. I live and work in the USA on a work visa but I can't go back to the UK as I can't re-enter the USA without some extended dodge through Mexico or Turkey.
Sep 18, 2020, 1:51 pm
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