TheSYDTraveller

IIRC someone mentioned here that ORC can only be claimed when the cancellation takes place on the day. Sadly there was no suitable flights available for the day so I left the last segment dropped off. The flights are suppose to take place in November but I'm based in SYD so besides a BA jaunt to SIN, I'm left with few choices.

ISTFlyer

If you are mentioning about the 4 BA flight requirement for Silver & higher status, any BA marketed or operated flight would count for this segment requirement.

Redmongoose

I have decided to go on my first tier point run in November and have settled on the routing below:
Lisbon (LIS) to Las Vegas (LAS) on Fri, Nov 25

Lisbon (LIS) to Madrid (MAD) on Fri, Nov 25 6:30 AM to 9:00 AM (1h 30m)

Iberia 3107 Airbus A320 Business (I)

LAYOVER IN MAD (1H 45M)

Madrid (MAD) to New York (JFK) on Fri, Nov 25 10:45 AM to 1:04 PM (8h 19m)

American 95 Boeing 777 Business (I)

LAYOVER IN JFK (2H 56M)

New York (JFK) to Los Angeles (LAX) on Fri, Nov 25 4:00 PM to 7:24 PM (6h 24m)

American 306 Airbus A321 (Sharklets) Business (I)

LAYOVER IN LAX (1H 46M)

Los Angeles (LAX) to Las Vegas (LAS) on Fri, Nov 25 9:10 PM to 10:22 PM (1h 12m)

American 739 Airbus A321 First (I)


Las Vegas (LAS) to Lisbon (LIS) on Tue, Nov 29

Las Vegas (LAS) to Phoenix (PHX) on Tue, Nov 29 6:23 AM to 8:39 AM (1h 16m)

American 1808 Boeing 737MAX 8 Passenger First (I)

LAYOVER IN PHX (1H 31M)

Phoenix (PHX) to Philadelphia (PHL) on Tue, Nov 29 10:10 AM to 4:34 PM (4h 24m)

American 1607 Airbus A321neo First (I)

LAYOVER IN PHL (3H 22M)

Philadelphia (PHL) to Madrid (MAD) on Tue, Nov 29 7:56 PM to 8:55 AM (6h 59m)

American 740 Boeing 787 Business (I)

LAYOVER IN MAD (2H 30M)

Madrid (MAD) to Lisbon (LIS) on Wed, Nov 30 11:25 AM to 11:50 AM (1h 25m)

Iberia 3110 Airbus A320 Business (I)

I am currently silver with 280 TP and no qualifying flights. Looking to go Gold before 31/12/22.
I will position LHR-LIS BA CE the day before and book via BA Holidays (flight & car) to get double tier points (160)

Before I go ahead and book I have a few questions for the experts.
- If I book LHR-LIS via BA Holidays with car hire for double tier points - what can I do with the car? Can I just not collect it or will this invalidate the double tier points?
- I need 4 qualifying flights - will the above itinerary gain me 4 qualifying flights (BA LHR-LIS return plus the 2 IB LIS-MAD, MAD-LIS) or should my Itinerary be on BA coded flights (MAD-JFK, JFK-LAX, PHX-PHL & PHL-MAD) at a marginally higher price? - I would get more Avios this way too.
- How should I book it? I have been playing with Matrix Powertool. It won't let me book via BA but will do so via AA website.
- I am right in assuming the TP run will generate 720 who ever I book with.
- Will all flights will show up in my BA App if I manually add them?

Many thanks for your help!

sunshinebob

Problem.....

The double TP BA holidays can only start in the UK , are you looking to start yours in LIS or doing the BAH as a LHR-LIS-LHR? If so not collecting the car in Lisbon won't matter.

Redmongoose

I will start and finish in the UK - separate BA Holiday booking just for LHR-LIS-LHR (flight with 5 day car hire 24th - 29th)

Vahan Hovhannisyan

You can book calling BA. When I called them to book a tp run, they gave a lower price than it was on matrix. Just keep the itenarary in front of you to help the agent make the booking.

PLATINOIB

Domingo 26 Febrero 2023

06:50 Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (LPA)

10:35 Madrid
Adolfo Suarez Barajas (MAD)
Business
Parada
01h55m
Adolfo Suarez Barajas (MAD)
12:30 Madrid
Adolfo Suarez Barajas (MAD)

15:05 Nueva York
John F. Kennedy Internacional (JFK)
Business
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Vuelo2 Nueva York - San Francisco
Domingo 26 Febrero 2023

20:20 Nueva York
John F. Kennedy Internacional (JFK)

23:59 San Francisco
San Francisco Internacional (SFO)
Business
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Vuelo3 San Francisco - Nueva York
Sábado 4 Marzo 2023

22:25 San Francisco
San Francisco Internacional (SFO)

07:00 +1 día Nueva York
John F. Kennedy Internacional (JFK)
Business
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Vuelo4 Nueva York - Gran Canaria
Domingo 5 Marzo 2023

20:10 Nueva York
John F. Kennedy Internacional (JFK)

08:10 +1 día Londres
Gatwick (LGW)
Business
Parada
05h10m
Gatwick (LGW)
13:20 Londres
Gatwick (LGW)

17:40 Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria (LPA)
Business

I'm looking for a ticket for my mother next year to SF, and I found this fare for 1840 euros. ¿It will be 660 TP? ¿If her year of BAEC start at February she will have 2 years of Silver?

ubiest

Yes, 660 TPs and Silver until 31 Mar 2025.

SPRINGBOK77

Best to book the weekend before for over 1k less in cost

81romeo

We are on the exact same boat here - I just need 700TPs till the end of Dec. However, I can only travel 7-26 Nov.

Any suggestions?

AJGold

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to the forum and have a question for a TP run between London and Edinburgh.

If I want to do a same day turn around in Club, BA don't sell returns for immediate turn arounds. I'm looking at:
LCY - EDI: 06:55 - 08:10
EDI - LCY: 08:45 - 10:15

My question is: BA don't let you buy this return but you can buy 2 singles. Is it actually possible to make the return in time - i.e. when you get off the plane, can you get straight back on with your electronic boarding pass? Or do you have to exit the airside area and then go back through the security (i.e. does the airport force you to do this)? Also if you don't go out and back in, does it register that you are taking the flight just by having the boarding pass scanned at the gate, or is it best to go out and back in?

Would really appreciate your advice as I'm trying to get this TP run done as quickly as possible. Thanks!

m8_rotate

As far as I know, this should be relatively straightforward. You decant into the domestic arrivals and normally the outbound passengers are at the same gate. Also, you should be able to download both BPs to your app with no problem. The aircraft type for LCY is not interchangeable with BA Cityflyer, unlike sometimes a BA 320 from LGW will return to LHR. So you should be fine, bearing in mind the only thing guaranteed in life is death and taxes.

alex67500

Welcome to FT and the BA forum!

35 minutes looks like a very short turnaround. Can you check on flight radar if those flights have been using the same aircraft over the past few days?

In terms of getting off the plane and straight back on, this is called a back-to-back (or B2B for short). There is a dedicated thread on FT which describes whether it is possible at most of BA's locations. In short, for EDI it is possible as long as both flights use the same aircraft. You exit in the main terminal, where people are waiting to board, so you get off and join the boarding queue.

zoombee

which post were you replying to?

DeltaFlyingProf

Any good US-based options, or Asia-US in either directions? My usual suspects have zeroed out availability on any of the dates I can fly.
I need 360 TPs before the end of the year and anything above would go to my AS account.