Impossible to book partners
Jul 22, 2018, 1:48 am
#91
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I hope someone will contradict this if I've got this wrong, but I think open jaw can only be IB, IB Express, BA, Vueling, Air Italy or Level, since these are the airlines that permit single trips. So other partners can't be open jaw.
Jul 22, 2018, 8:53 am
#92
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Has anyone been able to book and ticket a partner award online?
I tried booking a simple rt QF redemption via IB. Points taken out of account, but payment yielded an error message. I then called IB up and they said that there is a 'problem' with the website and that the points should re-credit in 24 hours. No pending transaction on my credit card, and no issues with my CC that I know of.
We all know how bad the IB website is .. so I really don't trust the points to be recredited!
I tried booking a simple rt QF redemption via IB. Points taken out of account, but payment yielded an error message. I then called IB up and they said that there is a 'problem' with the website and that the points should re-credit in 24 hours. No pending transaction on my credit card, and no issues with my CC that I know of.
We all know how bad the IB website is .. so I really don't trust the points to be recredited!
Jul 23, 2018, 11:06 pm
#94
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Ultimately, i think it doesnt matter, bc they charge the 25 euros change fee, based on PER WAY of change anyway, so it will still be 2x25 Euros change fee whether you book it as a single PNR or two different PNR, if you change both outbound and inbound. you dont save 1x25 Euros just because you booked the entire trip under a single PNR, which i find impossible to do so on their website anyway, and i didnt feel like calling up.
And I keep getting errors if i try to do one-ways with partners (didnt try all of the ones mentioned above though)
Jul 24, 2018, 12:09 am
#95
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Yeah i could do open jaw with IB metal. but the OJ is technically two separate OWs. so two different PNR.
Ultimately, i think it doesnt matter, bc they charge the 25 euros change fee, based on PER WAY of change anyway, so it will still be 2x25 Euros change fee whether you book it as a single PNR or two different PNR, if you change both outbound and inbound. you dont save 1x25 Euros just because you booked the entire trip under a single PNR, which i find impossible to do so on their website anyway, and i didnt feel like calling up.
And I keep getting errors if i try to do one-ways with partners (didnt try all of the ones mentioned above though)
Ultimately, i think it doesnt matter, bc they charge the 25 euros change fee, based on PER WAY of change anyway, so it will still be 2x25 Euros change fee whether you book it as a single PNR or two different PNR, if you change both outbound and inbound. you dont save 1x25 Euros just because you booked the entire trip under a single PNR, which i find impossible to do so on their website anyway, and i didnt feel like calling up.
And I keep getting errors if i try to do one-ways with partners (didnt try all of the ones mentioned above though)
Jul 24, 2018, 12:44 pm
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Jul 24, 2018, 9:11 pm
#101
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Yes I had the same issue booking HKG-LHR. Flights out of HKG should have very low carrier charges , and BA certainly has nice low charges on this flight, but IB+ charged about 4 times what BA would have. If it wasn't for the fact that flying the route out of LHR is even more extortionate, and that I wanted to use the Avios in one hit, I wouldn't have gone ahead with the booking. All those bloggers that have talked up the low fees through IB+ in the past, seem to have overlooked the discrepancy in BA and IB+ pricing from low cost exit ports.
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Jul 24, 2018, 11:15 pm
#102
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Yes I had the same issue booking HKG-LHR. Flights out of HKG should have very low carrier charges , and BA certainly has nice low charges on this flight, but IB+ charged about 4 times what BA would have. If it wasn't for the fact that flying the route out of LHR is even more extortionate, and that I wanted to use the Avios in one hit, I wouldn't have gone ahead with the booking. All those bloggers that have talked up the low fees through IB+ in the past, seem to have overlooked the discrepancy in BA and IB+ pricing from low cost exit ports.
Jul 25, 2018, 11:05 am
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Jul 25, 2018, 12:12 pm
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