Cant fly, no refund - tips to get tier points
Oct 21, 2019, 9:30 am
#1
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Cant fly, no refund - tips to get tier points
All flyers,
I have a BA flight on Wednesday. I want the tier points. But now cannot travel. No point to cancel as no refund.
Any suggestions / tips on how I might still get the tierpoints?
I have a BA flight on Wednesday. I want the tier points. But now cannot travel. No point to cancel as no refund.
Any suggestions / tips on how I might still get the tierpoints?
Oct 21, 2019, 9:58 am
#4
Join Date: Jan 2010
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You won't be getting the TPs without actually flying.
You may be lucky if the actual flight you have booked gets cancelled (operational, maintenance, weather etc) then you could claim Original Routing Credit (ORC) but holding out for that is unlikely at best.
You may be lucky if the actual flight you have booked gets cancelled (operational, maintenance, weather etc) then you could claim Original Routing Credit (ORC) but holding out for that is unlikely at best.
Oct 21, 2019, 9:59 am
#5
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Oct 21, 2019, 10:01 am
#7
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To earn the TPs you have to fly. There are no loopholes.
There is probably a much less than 1% chance BA's IT will suffer a snafu and credit the flight. Logically this becomes even less likely if you even fail to pass through security conformance (assuming T5) because then you'd be removed from the flight.
Take the refund of the taxes and accept the loss of TPs.
There is probably a much less than 1% chance BA's IT will suffer a snafu and credit the flight. Logically this becomes even less likely if you even fail to pass through security conformance (assuming T5) because then you'd be removed from the flight.
Take the refund of the taxes and accept the loss of TPs.
Oct 21, 2019, 10:03 am
#8
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If you simply decided to cancel the trip, no refund (except maybe taxes, often after paying some service fee) and no FF credit for you.
Oct 21, 2019, 10:55 am
#9
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Remember that “no refund” doesn’t necessarily mean that you can’t change the date of the flight. Perhaps try that, then fly it.
Oct 21, 2019, 2:24 pm
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Several people suggesting that you get "taxes" refunded. You do... less an administrative fee. I have a BCN-LHR that I probably don't need and MMB is offering me about 2.50 euros as a refund...