Checked baggage allowance on BA Euro economy flights booked using QF points
Jun 16, 2020, 7:33 am
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Checked baggage allowance on BA Euro economy flights booked using QF points
A question for those who have used Qantas points to book intra-Europe economy flights on BA, do these book into Euro Traveller with a checked baggage allowance? Or will they be hand baggage only (Basic) tickets?
Jun 16, 2020, 2:25 pm
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BA flights in Europe, are often not worthwhile redemptions , but they will not be hand baggage only tickets. You will see when you select the flights that the details state for baggage "Per Adult : 1 piece"
On a London - Paris economy redemption for example, the cost of a ticket directly from airline can be as low as £68.64 , of which £33.64 is taxes which you will still have to pay on a redemption, giving a £35 saving
If you don't actually need to take luggage, the fare for a ticket on BA would only be £45.64 including taxes , making the 10k points give a £12 value
On a London - Paris economy redemption for example, the cost of a ticket directly from airline can be as low as £68.64 , of which £33.64 is taxes which you will still have to pay on a redemption, giving a £35 saving
If you don't actually need to take luggage, the fare for a ticket on BA would only be £45.64 including taxes , making the 10k points give a £12 value
Last edited by Dave Noble; Jun 16, 2020 at 2:36 pm
Jun 16, 2020, 6:20 pm
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BA flights in Europe, are often not worthwhile redemptions , but they will not be hand baggage only tickets. You will see when you select the flights that the details state for baggage "Per Adult : 1 piece"
On a London - Paris economy redemption for example, the cost of a ticket directly from airline can be as low as £68.64 , of which £33.64 is taxes which you will still have to pay on a redemption, giving a £35 saving
If you don't actually need to take luggage, the fare for a ticket on BA would only be £45.64 including taxes , making the 10k points give a £12 value
On a London - Paris economy redemption for example, the cost of a ticket directly from airline can be as low as £68.64 , of which £33.64 is taxes which you will still have to pay on a redemption, giving a £35 saving
If you don't actually need to take luggage, the fare for a ticket on BA would only be £45.64 including taxes , making the 10k points give a £12 value
Unfortunately I will need to travel with checked baggage but will keep an eye out for cash fares around the time.
Jun 19, 2020, 1:00 am
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Hi! I'll be flying into LHR, spending a few days in the UK and then flying out of CDG back to Australia. There is a possibility I might visit another European city in between in which case I would most likely fly from that city to CDG and spend a night in Paris before the flight home. All will be on separate tickets. I'm oneworld Emerald.
Jun 19, 2020, 1:30 am
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Hi! I'll be flying into LHR, spending a few days in the UK and then flying out of CDG back to Australia. There is a possibility I might visit another European city in between in which case I would most likely fly from that city to CDG and spend a night in Paris before the flight home. All will be on separate tickets. I'm oneworld Emerald.
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BD
Jun 19, 2020, 1:35 am
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So as OWE you have additional baggage allowance on *all* your flights - included the intra-EU. I'm pretty sure this is 20kgs under the weight system and 1 additional checked piece under the piece system, but the relevant OW page doesn't appear to be coming up for me to link you to.
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BD
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BD
Jun 21, 2020, 8:15 pm
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Correct. Buy a hand baggage only fare then regardless of status you are on a hand baggage only "entitlement". Buy a ticket with bags your allowance pops up to the entitled weight of status.