Your guide to spending Avios | 2021 edition
Dec 7, 2021, 5:36 am
#226
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,706
Planning to make my first avios redemption and was wondering if this booking provides me with a good value: BOG-MAD-FRA; long haul in Business and short-caul in Economy for 50K Avios and 69€. Would you recommend pulling the trigger? Booking with BA Avios; flighs op by IB
Dec 7, 2021, 5:40 am
#227
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: TXL
Posts: 218
Thanks! I do have an active IB account but both the avios required & charges are higher when booking via IB. about 100€ more + 4000 Avios for the exact same route.
Dec 10, 2021, 12:11 pm
#229
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Dorchester, Dorset UK
Programs: BA Gold, BMI, ANA, HH Blue, SPG Gold
Posts: 2,063
I needed to extend my companion voucher, so I used the LHR to GLA route and have received an FTV. The miles have been credited but I cannot see the 2-4-1 voucher. The BA agent tells me that the FTV includes the companion voucher, but how can I check this?
Dec 10, 2021, 12:19 pm
#230
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I'm not sure what you mean by "the miles have been credited". If you convert an award booking into an FTV, all of the miles used for the booking are put onto the FTV as well.
Dec 10, 2021, 1:06 pm
#231
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Dorchester, Dorset UK
Programs: BA Gold, BMI, ANA, HH Blue, SPG Gold
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I am going on what I can recall as I haven’t been able to see my activity for some considerable time, presumably due to the IT upgrade.
I did receive an email saying they were getting round to doubling my TP’s for British Airways holidays bookings, but my balance suggests they’re still in transit!
Dec 10, 2021, 1:43 pm
#232
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OK, then they very probably just meant that all the miles and the Amex voucher are held on the FTV. In many ways, you can think of the FTV as the original booking that has simply been stripped of reservations for all flights. So you shouldn't see any activity on your BAEC account arising out of taking the FTV. But it is worth you keeping a careful note of the details of the FTV, including how much credit you think should be on it.
Dec 12, 2021, 12:35 pm
#234
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: NUE
Programs: BAEC Silver, FB Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Platinum, SK Diamond, ITA Volare Club Executive, TK Elite
Posts: 365
So I booked a return flight with AS using Avios. Got ticketed but BA didn't send me the AS PNR. Where do I find it? Do I really need to get in touch with BA? 
Dec 12, 2021, 12:59 pm
#235
Join Date: Jul 1999
Location: Sacramento, CA
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Hyatt,Marriott,BA,AS
Posts: 4,422
Dec 12, 2021, 7:22 pm
#236
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: DFW or GOT or...
Programs: BA Silver, Marriott GFL
Posts: 817
Would it not be displayed, like AA's locator is, on the MMB page asking your permission to transmit information to the other airline when asking to assign a seat for the AS flight?
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Dec 19, 2021, 7:51 pm
#237
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: BA Gold, KrisFlyer Elite Gold, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 64
Get in contact with BA at Twitter. They‘re very helpful and can tell you the PNR. Did it a couple of times, takes no time.
Dec 19, 2021, 7:55 pm
#238
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: NUE
Programs: BAEC Silver, FB Gold, HHonors Gold, IHG Platinum, SK Diamond, ITA Volare Club Executive, TK Elite
Posts: 365
Dec 24, 2021, 1:53 am
#239
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Madrid spain
Programs: UA 1K, Hilton Gold, SPG PLT
Posts: 574
A reward booking FTV will always be an offline FTV and you would have to call to use - you can't use them online unfortunately.
You FTV is fine and the avios and cash are still on it. They are available to use towards a new booking for travel up to April 2023, You haven't lost anything. If you really want, you can still cancel the FT and get a refund, minus a Ł35/$55 per person cancellation fee, again this would need a call.
You FTV is fine and the avios and cash are still on it. They are available to use towards a new booking for travel up to April 2023, You haven't lost anything. If you really want, you can still cancel the FT and get a refund, minus a Ł35/$55 per person cancellation fee, again this would need a call.
I would like to know if the offline FTV will have any residual value if partially used?
In addition, if I cancelled a avios booking for Jan, 2022, the offline FTV retains both avios and taxes? I thought any cancellation to avios reward booking is subject to an administrative fee, am I missing something?
Dec 24, 2021, 4:39 am
#240
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