How do points and status work in group bookings
Jul 23, 2023, 11:53 am
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How do points and status work in group bookings
I am flying in a large group 15+ with school to New York and then back to London with BA. I personally did not create the booking but is a silver status and when entering the booking reference on the BA app won’t let me onto the booking as it is a large group. How do I get my silver perks like fast track security and how do I claim my points?
Jul 23, 2023, 11:59 am
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Welcome to Flyertalk and the BA forum! Just normally I think. If your baec number is entered you get the normal perks.
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Jul 23, 2023, 12:42 pm
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Jul 23, 2023, 1:34 pm
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No (there may be many Freddie C as far as ba are concerned, they won't double guess whether it is you!), you'd need to ask your school to enter your baec number or give it to the agent when you check in.
Jul 23, 2023, 2:00 pm
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Little Miss RC did a World Challenge school trip a couple of years back and was able to get it added at the desk when she dropped her bag. I believe there was a group PNR but the school wasn't giving it out!
She considered picking a friend to take to fast track with her but decided that would be a really dumb idea
She considered picking a friend to take to fast track with her but decided that would be a really dumb idea
Jul 23, 2023, 2:58 pm
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I am flying in a large group 15+ with school to New York and then back to London with BA. I personally did not create the booking but is a silver status and when entering the booking reference on the BA app won’t let me onto the booking as it is a large group. How do I get my silver perks like fast track security and how do I claim my points?
Jul 23, 2023, 3:14 pm
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yeh the whole reason I wanna do it is because they threatened me with a suspension if I did so I wanted to see if they would be that dumb so I gotta be dumb too 😁. Cheers
Jul 23, 2023, 3:55 pm
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Why don't you sell the benefit to your school trip leader that adding your BAEC number will allow them to open the seatmaps for them to pre-assign seating for everyone. Spin it in a way you're doing them a service for the good of everyone on the trip rather than it being for your personal benefit.
That way you don't have to ask for the booking reference - you'll see it appear in your upcoming trips in the BA app once it's added and by default you'll get the information you were asking for.
#playthegame
That way you don't have to ask for the booking reference - you'll see it appear in your upcoming trips in the BA app once it's added and by default you'll get the information you were asking for.
#playthegame
Jul 23, 2023, 4:05 pm
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Why don't you sell the benefit to your school trip leader that adding your BAEC number will allow them to open the seatmaps for them to pre-assign seating for everyone. Spin it in a way you're doing them a service for the good of everyone on the trip rather than it being for your personal benefit.
That way you don't have to ask for the booking reference - you'll see it appear in your upcoming trips in the BA app once it's added and by default you'll get the information you were asking for.
#playthegame
That way you don't have to ask for the booking reference - you'll see it appear in your upcoming trips in the BA app once it's added and by default you'll get the information you were asking for.
#playthegame
i dont know if this makes a difference but I believe it is through a tour company and I have the booking reference it’s just ba won’t let me in the booking because “it’s a large group”
Jul 23, 2023, 4:07 pm
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You know it's great being a teenager. I've been mentoring some school leavers on work experience schemes, and the crib sheet says "tell them what you wish you knew when you were 17". I decided that indicating the importance of getting as much sex in as possible was probably unprofessional, and perhaps would get me suspended off the clinical register, so I managed to desist. But the one downside of being a teenager is spending the rest of life wallowing in any periods of juvenile dumbness.
Jul 23, 2023, 6:51 pm
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Little Miss RC did a World Challenge school trip a couple of years back and was able to get it added at the desk when she dropped her bag. I believe there was a group PNR but the school wasn't giving it out!
She considered picking a friend to take to fast track with her but decided that would be a really dumb idea
She considered picking a friend to take to fast track with her but decided that would be a really dumb idea
Oh my god that is so smart, usually I like doing stuff like that but I never thought of applying that logic here but I guess that would be down to my lack of knowledge in the field, thank you. But both the leaders, without being rude are not the smartest people around which could play either way.
i dont know if this makes a difference but I believe it is through a tour company and I have the booking reference it’s just ba won’t let me in the booking because “it’s a large group”
i dont know if this makes a difference but I believe it is through a tour company and I have the booking reference it’s just ba won’t let me in the booking because “it’s a large group”
Jul 24, 2023, 12:16 am
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In university I spent a semester abroad (so slightly different dynamics) and the flight (on CO; it was a while ago) was booked as a single PNR group flight. Using some early knowledge gleaned on FT, I called CO and got them to split my reservation into a different PNR, which allowed me to select an exit row for the TATL flight. Not sure OP could get away with a similar approach here, but that might solve the issue BA has raised of a large booking.
Jul 24, 2023, 3:54 pm
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Why don't you sell the benefit to your school trip leader that adding your BAEC number will allow them to open the seatmaps for them to pre-assign seating for everyone. Spin it in a way you're doing them a service for the good of everyone on the trip rather than it being for your personal benefit.
That way you don't have to ask for the booking reference - you'll see it appear in your upcoming trips in the BA app once it's added and by default you'll get the information you were asking for.
#playthegame
That way you don't have to ask for the booking reference - you'll see it appear in your upcoming trips in the BA app once it's added and by default you'll get the information you were asking for.
#playthegame
Free seat selection is not available on group rate bookings and excludes exit row seats on long haul flights for Bronze and Silver Members.