adobbing

I looked for outbound Friday 3rd March, inbound Friday 10th March.
I couldn’t see any availability on the Aer Lingus direct flight, cash or reward?

Delboy65

Could see cash fares for those dates vis the BA app

As for reward seats, there are a number of posts in the New RFS threads advising that availability for Avios is very limited at the best of time - let alone just a few months away

binman

Some advice please.

Iberia Avios booking booked via IB having moved Avios from BA to IB. What is the cost to cancel and are the Avios returned? The booking is in April.

Qatar Avios bookings – what is the cancellation policy? Similarly, Avios moved BA to QR and flights booked via QR. March booking.

All flights are long haul, so keen to recover the Avios. If the deal is the same as BA (ie £35 per person per ticket) then that’s ok,

DrBluethumb

Has there been a recent update on Avios points required for each banding?

I used my 2-4-1 to go INV-YYZ (via LHR) in October '22 (booked March '22) at a cost of 76,000 (offpeak, Premium outbound, Business inbound). Pricing the same flight for October '23 and it's now 122,000 avios (but less tax)?

AJA_

Yes, there was a devaluation in the last couple of weeks of 2022. It depends on whether you have an old 2-4-1 issued before Sep 2021 (in which case you're stuffed) or one issued after Sep 2021 (you're in luck) you may be able to reduce the number of Avios and increase the cash component.

DrBluethumb

Thanks for the help - I've actually got both types sittng so I can see that I can change the avios/tax options with the newer version.

Bit of an inconvenience, assume they must've had that in the updated T&C's somewhere, but I've not paid attention!

USA_flyer

Probably a good job I wasn't able to u/g a recent flight as it meant I have enough avios for a booking over the easter break. Revenue ticket would've been £1.2k in economy - yikes! Still £280 + 58k miles but, it feels like a good deal. PE and CW was unavailable and I needed these specific dates.

Ruth4325

I’ve just added a return to a 241 booking Edi-Lhr-Hnd. After adding the return it’s cost me 232500 avios and around £1400 of taxes. However when I did a dummy booking the system showed £1100 of taxes and 220000 avios. I’m going to phone BA again today as the call handler didn’t seem very sure last night. But does anyone know if adding a return to a 241 booking normally causes higher taxes and avios like this? I’ve not seen it before.


edit: uk call handler today acknowledged i had been overcharged by over £500 on taxes and 22500 avios. Just goes to show, always do
your homework!

AJA_

Is this for a 2-4-1 issued before Sep 2021 or for the newer more flexible one issued after that date? There were changes in late December 2022 which effectively are a devaluation of Avios and adversely affect older 2-4-1 vouchers.

Ruth4325

Sorry I should have said I have a new style 241 voucher.

etiene

With a shiny new companion voucher burning a hole in my pocket [though likely no prospect of using it that soon], I found myself looking at various IB flights last night. Does anybody know if they have a definitive pattern for releasing avilability, in the same manner as BA do? Looking at end of schedule, I was only seeing Y and W seats, but no J. Think I saw one site or other mention that their window was 361 though, so maybe the J was just being snapped up [we are currently talking Christmas holiday season at end of schedule, after all].

Additionally, do IB have availability that they don't release to partners? Searched on IB at one point and certainly seemed to have that issue, with J seats showing there but not on BA.

Cheers!

irish_goat

Does anyone know what availability in F is normally like to Tokyo? I'm hoping to book a 2024 trip with a 241 voucher and just trying to get an idea of when I should be booking. Seems to be very little available near the end of 2023.

KARFA

i didn't think there was any F cabin on the route atm, or is it being re-introduced from W23?

irish_goat

That could explain it. There is a very small amount of availability with JAL so I could go with them otherwise.

TTmex

Just to check I'm not going mad..cash fare (return) BRU to LHR is 148 GBP in economy plus. Using Avíos can get 9500 plus 35 quid. Meaning 9500 saves 113 GBP, meaning 1.2p per avíos value? Assume that's reasonable value? Got a few hundred thousand avíos stashed and already on 1450 TPs with August end, so not in a rush for TPs. Haven't made call on going for 2500 yet as that depends on work and not got firm plans set yet