Through check issue
Oct 29, 2018, 11:40 am
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Through check issue
I have BA LHR-HKG booked in the New Year as part of a 165k oneworld J award.
Need to get from MAD to LHR using BA or IB, but of course both those airlines have a strict policy against through-checking on separate tickets.
Is there a way to buy a revenue fare to graft it on to my oneworld explorer ticket so it is considered as part of one reservation and I can through-check at MAD?
Need to get from MAD to LHR using BA or IB, but of course both those airlines have a strict policy against through-checking on separate tickets.
Is there a way to buy a revenue fare to graft it on to my oneworld explorer ticket so it is considered as part of one reservation and I can through-check at MAD?
Oct 29, 2018, 12:43 pm
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It looks like the whole ticket is issued by CX/asiamiles. Then you can call AM/MPC to add a reward booking segment into the itinerary and ticket that segment separately. CX is probably going to be reluctant to add a revenue segment to a reward booking and use BA/IB fares to ticket that...
Oct 29, 2018, 10:45 pm
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It looks like the whole ticket is issued by CX/asiamiles. Then you can call AM/MPC to add a reward booking segment into the itinerary and ticket that segment separately. CX is probably going to be reluctant to add a revenue segment to a reward booking and use BA/IB fares to ticket that...
Oct 29, 2018, 11:02 pm
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You may also be able to claim back from UK luxury departure tax I believe.
Oct 29, 2018, 11:10 pm
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Been there done that (isochronous - adding the JL domestic from a couple of weeks back). Was charged a whopping 12,000 AM per tix as a cancel and reissue for the privilege, and the award miles and taxes was recalculated and recharged.
Oct 29, 2018, 11:25 pm
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If they charge cancel/reissue fees then may not be worth - in any event there is no longer availability on my dates, it would seem, so the point has become moot.
Can I still get LHR departure tax refunded if I am on 2 separate tickets?
Can I still get LHR departure tax refunded if I am on 2 separate tickets?
Oct 29, 2018, 11:30 pm
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APD is due unless connecting (<24hrs) on one ticket or conjunction tickets.
The connected flights must be detailed on the same ticket or conjunction tickets to qualify for the exemption.
See: https://www.gov.uk/government/public...nected-flights
The connected flights must be detailed on the same ticket or conjunction tickets to qualify for the exemption.
See: https://www.gov.uk/government/public...nected-flights
Oct 30, 2018, 8:02 pm
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If CX wants to charge me 12000AM to change that ticket, I would paobably just get a JAL explorer’s pass for 100USD. JL through checks baggage across PNR anyways
Oct 30, 2018, 8:11 pm
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No way! Maybe this is a recent restriction after the AM changes? I have many times requested CX to add an AA domestic segment to my existing award booking and ticket that segment only (as opposed to change the existing booking because that would go over the 7500mi band). They had always been able to to that...
If CX wants to charge me 12000AM to change that ticket, I would paobably just get a JAL explorer’s pass for 100USD. JL through checks baggage across PNR anyways
PS: Isochronus how long is your LHR layover/transit
Oct 30, 2018, 11:24 pm
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Oct 31, 2018, 7:42 am
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And such an add might not trigger the YQ recalculation that isochronous was hoping to achieve.