OLCI for BA codeshare IB flight - IT does it again
Apr 13, 2024, 4:53 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,758
OLCI for BA codeshare IB flight - IT does it again
Trying to check in for tomorrow's LHR-MAD flight. BA ticket on IB. BA's flaky IT wants me to check in but of course it doesn't work. I know there's an IB PNR somewhere that will allow me to check in on IB website, but can't find it. Can someone tell me how to find their five-character PNR from a BA purchase?
Apr 13, 2024, 4:56 am
#2
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Nottingham
Programs: BA GGL
Posts: 1,334
Trying to check in for tomorrow's LHR-MAD flight. BA ticket on IB. BA's flaky IT wants me to check in but of course it doesn't work. I know there's an IB PNR somewhere that will allow me to check in on IB website, but can't find it. Can someone tell me how to find their five-character PNR from a BA purchase?
Apr 13, 2024, 5:07 am
#4
Moderator, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges, and Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold; Flying Blue Life Platinum; LH Sen.; Hilton Diamond; Kemal Kebabs Prized Customer
Posts: 63,870
Just use the Iberia App using the BA Amadeus PNR, it will auto covert to the Iberia Travelport PNR.
Apr 13, 2024, 5:24 am
#5
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci. And BA Gold – previous awards - Gold 11, Silver 7, Bronze 4.
Posts: 4,236
Well I cannot get IB’s MMB to work… ever! Last year could not OLCI and this year trying to allocate seats on an early 2025 booking. Just keep getting ‘server error’.
Am I right in assuming that I can call IB’s UK number at some point and do it that way?
Am I right in assuming that I can call IB’s UK number at some point and do it that way?
Apr 13, 2024, 5:58 am
#6
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 43,000
If you want to select seats, just try the RJ or royal air maroc sites.
Apr 13, 2024, 7:24 am
#7
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 275
Apr 13, 2024, 7:52 am
#8
Ambassador, British Airways; FlyerTalk Posting Legend
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
Posts: 43,000
Could be. Are you sure the seats you are trying to select are free? RJ has a habit sometimes of not showing what is taken and allowing you to select, then just erroring when you try and confirm if they are already taken.
Apr 13, 2024, 7:59 am
#9
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 275
That’s another issue once the seat map is loaded. Now I just get an error message with no seat map loaded at all for IB flights this far away (contrary to other non-IB flights where at least I can see the seat layout)
Apr 13, 2024, 8:18 am
#11
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci. And BA Gold – previous awards - Gold 11, Silver 7, Bronze 4.
Posts: 4,236
Apr 13, 2024, 9:51 am
#12
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, BA, AF
Posts: 10,131
Apr 13, 2024, 9:56 am
#13
Moderator, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges, and Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold; Flying Blue Life Platinum; LH Sen.; Hilton Diamond; Kemal Kebabs Prized Customer
Posts: 63,870
Apr 13, 2024, 10:28 am
#14
Original Poster
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 1,758
Well the flaky BA IT is actually a factor here - the website 'allows' you to check in online. Normally when you select that, it should send you over to IB's website to complete the checkin. However all I could get was the usual apology.... Not very helpful if you didn't know to manually head over to IB. And the fact the IB PNR is basically hidden in a place most of us would never think to look, and is not on the e-ticket from BA. Basically, pretty hopeless.
Apr 13, 2024, 11:18 am
#15
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci. And BA Gold – previous awards - Gold 11, Silver 7, Bronze 4.
Posts: 4,236
Well the flaky BA IT is actually a factor here - the website 'allows' you to check in online. Normally when you select that, it should send you over to IB's website to complete the checkin. However all I could get was the usual apology.... Not very helpful if you didn't know to manually head over to IB. And the fact the IB PNR is basically hidden in a place most of us would never think to look, and is not on the e-ticket from BA. Basically, pretty hopeless.
IAG IT =
