Booking Sydney 241
Oct 26, 2020, 3:01 am
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Booking Sydney 241
I am planning a trip to Australia next year and have enough Avios for LHR to SYD one way using my 241 in Business Class so would like to travel in style. I have read how difficult these tickets are to get and am planning to call at midnight 355 days before the flight which is on .22nd October 2021.
Can anyone confirm which office would be easier to get through to and the exact time and date I should call?
Many thanks
Can anyone confirm which office would be easier to get through to and the exact time and date I should call?
Many thanks
Oct 26, 2020, 3:03 am
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Oct 26, 2020, 3:26 am
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I am planning a trip to Australia next year and have enough Avios for LHR to SYD one way using my 241 in Business Class so would like to travel in style. I have read how difficult these tickets are to get and am planning to call at midnight 355 days before the flight which is on .22nd October 2021.
Can anyone confirm which office would be easier to get through to and the exact time and date I should call?
Many thanks
Can anyone confirm which office would be easier to get through to and the exact time and date I should call?
Many thanks
Oct 26, 2020, 7:36 am
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I am planning a trip to Australia next year and have enough Avios for LHR to SYD one way using my 241 in Business Class so would like to travel in style. I have read how difficult these tickets are to get and am planning to call at midnight 355 days before the flight which is on .22nd October 2021.
Can anyone confirm which office would be easier to get through to and the exact time and date I should call?
Many thanks
Can anyone confirm which office would be easier to get through to and the exact time and date I should call?
Many thanks
1. Until the world is covid19 vacicnated its quite possible Australia will stay behind closed borders .
2. Don't count on BA ever returning to Sydney - It was n't exactly a money spinner and ties up a lot of 777 metal - that with the 747s gone (long overdue) scrap will be needed elsewhere on historically more profitable routes.
So book with the knowledge that BA might cancel whatever you book. (And be ready for some eye watering 'fuel' surcharges - that might just make a Qatar business return fare from say Norway, better value)
Oct 26, 2020, 2:48 pm
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Presumably if you book a flight and BA cancel the route, they will be required to book you onto an alternative flight (Qatar?) in the same class? Perhaps someone can advise.
I would say however when Australia reopens, BA will likely resume flying there. If it wasn't profitable they wouldn't have been operating it for all these years (including devoting a 'rare' 77W to it in many recent years)
I would say however when Australia reopens, BA will likely resume flying there. If it wasn't profitable they wouldn't have been operating it for all these years (including devoting a 'rare' 77W to it in many recent years)
Oct 26, 2020, 3:12 pm
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Presumably if you book a flight and BA cancel the route, they will be required to book you onto an alternative flight (Qatar?) in the same class? Perhaps someone can advise.
I would say however when Australia reopens, BA will likely resume flying there. If it wasn't profitable they wouldn't have been operating it for all these years (including devoting a 'rare' 77W to it in many recent years)
I would say however when Australia reopens, BA will likely resume flying there. If it wasn't profitable they wouldn't have been operating it for all these years (including devoting a 'rare' 77W to it in many recent years)
Oct 26, 2020, 3:17 pm
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the 14 day notice period is only relevant with regard to compensation.
Last edited by KARFA; Oct 26, 2020 at 3:29 pm