Dicksbits

I’ve done it twice before, albeit pre-pandemic, so would be interested to hear views on current B2B arrangements at Sofia.

gforce

Looks like another poster pulled this off successfully last week: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/34190546-post933.html

gforce

Just booked a nested LHR-SOF for £443 in November and submitted my BPG claims for £20 and £25 - so that should net me roughly £90 across 2 vouchers if BA's customer care ever decide to deal with my claim.

RichieMc

I think I am about to book this. Pretty happy with the itinerary which took some work!! The outbound will get me the TPs I need for GGL, so I'm giving myself the treat of avoiding the usual LAX-JFK-LHR with a nice long TATL and a chance to blow an upgrade on the 787-10. Slightly nervous about the 26 minute connection in PHX and I'd rather sleep in PHX than JFK. But with HBO and the gates usually right next to eachother, I should be fine. I'm actually more annoyed about the mega short connection in DFW. I feel like I was able to get 4 hours in DFW yesterday, but the most I can get now is 40 minutes. I'd way rather spend time at the FL with FFD in DFW than the pony Admirals Club in Denver. So I'm wondering if schedule changes will give me room to rearrange things a bit, or failing that, could I attempt a same day flight change and get on a later DFW-DEN? I guess I could also just go straignt from DFW to LHR. Any views on whether upgrade more likely on DFW-LHR vs DEN-LHR? 3 AA flights from DFW, and it's ski season with only 1 BA flight from DEN...?

ghsbass0406

Yeah that PHX connection is like going all in with a 2 and 7 offsuit. Phoenix is a bigger airport than most seem to realize and it's not really well laid out. Don't think it's gonna work out. And if you miss that flight, I guarantee that there won't be lie-flat availability since those routes are almost always soldout/ oversold. But just something to consider.

ISTFlyer

As a reminder PHX-HNL is not a wide-body guaranteed route.
American hasn't finalized their December 2022 schedule at the moment and this route could easily be switched to an A321neo anytime.

RichieMc

Haha! I had to google that reference. I know PHX pretty well. I've easily made sub 1hr conections in the past from C to A. And in recent history, both flights have been at A20-something. Obviously that's not a guarantee. And you're right...there's actually 0 chance of getting a lie flat as the later flight is on an A321. So yes, it's a tight connection. But I was wondering more about how things will shake out when the inevitable schedule changes some through. It could either make the connection impossible and I'd try to get to PHX the night before. Or the connection would lengthen in which case, I'd be safe.

For the inbound trip, I'd assume I'd be able to get later DFW-DEN flight via a same day fight change if all else fails.

RichieMc

Fair point and equipment swaps are always possible. But this flight was on a 787 every sigle day last January and December. This is the least of my worries. Who knows, Maybe I miss the morning flight and the afternoon one ends up being the 787!

stephenjc

I have a DUB-LHR-JFK-LAX-SFO TP run in October, a mixture of BA & AA metal on a 001 ticket.

AA has changed the time of the SFO-LAX flight to 2 hours 24 minutes earlier at 8:01am, which isn't too big of an issue.

However, will this allow me to bring forward my LAX-JFK flight from 1pm to 11am at no cost?

This would allow a much easier connection from T8 to T7 for my BA LHR flight.

Just want to know what AA will allow before I phone.

Thanks, stephenjc

MaxFlyer

I had something similar on a recent TP run but when I asked AA to bring my 11:59pm LAX-JFK flight forward they said not for free as that wasn’t the sector which had changed. They offered to change it for a few but then there was no I class in any earlier flights plus it was a married segment so everything else had to be recalculated in D class. It wasn’t worth it.

stephenjc

Thanks for this. I'll give them a call anyway as I can see I class availability on the 11am flight.
Worse case I spend an extra 90 minutes in the flagship lounge!

Markie

Yes they should allow that. AA can be a mixed experience in my experience, you need to be clear that you want to fly via JFK. They will try and stick you on a direct service often.

gforce

BA's team actually sent me the voucher just now - surely this is definitely a new record in terms of turnaround time. Absolutely gobsmacked!

Jonathan2712

Is there any disadvantage to booking a BA TPR on the AA site? AA is linked to Matrix so is easy to book with, and BA's call center isn't currently taking phone bookings? Thanks

stephenjc

Just phoned the AA UK 0207 phone number, answered within a couple of minutes, flights changed with zero issues. This makes my TP run a lot more comfortable now.
Excellent customer service from AA.