Linking Oneworld flight bookings
Jul 5, 2023 | 1:59 am
#1
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Linking Oneworld flight bookings
I’m scheduled to fly on a BA ticket (but AA codeshare) from London to Chicago and need to link an onward connection (still to purchase) to Columbus with American.
I gather it’s possible to link the two bookings so that it avoids issues if my 1st leg flight is delayed.
Should I make the booking via the American site and then call BA to link it?
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks!
I gather it’s possible to link the two bookings so that it avoids issues if my 1st leg flight is delayed.
Should I make the booking via the American site and then call BA to link it?
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks!
Jul 5, 2023 | 3:02 pm
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I’m scheduled to fly on a BA ticket (but AA codeshare) from London to Chicago and need to link an onward connection (still to purchase) to Columbus with American.
I gather it’s possible to link the two bookings so that it avoids issues if my 1st leg flight is delayed.
Should I make the booking via the American site and then call BA to link it?
I gather it’s possible to link the two bookings so that it avoids issues if my 1st leg flight is delayed.
Should I make the booking via the American site and then call BA to link it?
No
Separate tickets are treated a separate.
In the first flight is late its your problem or the good will of AA.
AA used to offer some protection, but that wording changed a few years ago.--> AA Protection on separate oneworld tickets / PNR
Why not book as 1 ticket LHR-RD-Columbus?
Jul 29, 2023 | 5:35 pm
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Thanks for the heads-up.
The leg is a last minute addition. We didn’t book all the way through as there was a change in itinerary after we’d booked the LHR-ORD return.
fyi - tried calling BA to insert the AA flight (just for reference purposes). They refused as “it’s not booked as a BA ticket”.
The leg is a last minute addition. We didn’t book all the way through as there was a change in itinerary after we’d booked the LHR-ORD return.
fyi - tried calling BA to insert the AA flight (just for reference purposes). They refused as “it’s not booked as a BA ticket”.
Aug 1, 2023 | 12:18 pm
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I’m scheduled to fly on a BA ticket (but AA codeshare) from London to Chicago and need to link an onward connection (still to purchase) to Columbus with American.
I gather it’s possible to link the two bookings so that it avoids issues if my 1st leg flight is delayed.
Should I make the booking via the American site and then call BA to link it?
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks!
I gather it’s possible to link the two bookings so that it avoids issues if my 1st leg flight is delayed.
Should I make the booking via the American site and then call BA to link it?
Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks!