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BA Worldwide Call Center Telephone Numbers
Hong Kong is open 9am - 5:30pm  their time is 12 hrs ahead of NY

Worldwide service center telephone numbers according to eastern time, Credit DDMS

Location                            Phone#                   Opening Time                           
US800-452-12017:30am-8pm EDT
Singapore+65-6823-20959pm-5:30am EDT
China+86 400 881 02079:00 PM-5:30 AM
Israel+972-3-606-15152am-9am EDT
Germany+49 (0)421 55 75 76 73:00 AM - 12:00 PM
UK+44-191-490-79012:30am-3pm EDT


Note that all sAAver flights available on AA.com are able to be booked on BA.  When there are many flights on one day, they may not all be listed on BA.com.  So you will have to call to book it.  Get the phone fee waved because it wasn't able to be booked on line.


NOTE: Household accounts will not allow transfers from Iberia to BA. Make sure you don't have a household account, and if you do, split it up.

NOTE: When booking, erase your Avios number when entering your passenger information. This will make it much simpler to add your AA Advantage number at a later time.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #120 on: August 10, 2012, 11:19:56 AM »
Does AA release  more seats to BA as it gets closer to the flight? At what point should I not expect any more seats to be released
AA doesn't release to BA, it's the same as on AA.com in most cases.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #121 on: August 10, 2012, 05:51:17 PM »
Does AA release  more seats to BA as it gets closer to the flight? At what point should I not expect any more seats to be released

i would imagine the opposite

once they have filled their awards quota they wont release anymore

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #122 on: August 10, 2012, 05:59:10 PM »
once they have filled their awards quota they wont release anymore
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #123 on: August 12, 2012, 12:40:50 AM »
BA told me on the phone that their availability is not always the same as AA's lower tier (though every time I look, it is always the same)

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Re: Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #124 on: August 12, 2012, 02:04:05 AM »
BA told me on the phone that their availability is not always the same as AA's lower tier (though every time I look, it is always the same)
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #125 on: August 12, 2012, 03:36:39 PM »
what is the approximate value of ba miles?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #126 on: August 13, 2012, 01:10:50 PM »
All the time i see availability on AA and nothing on BA

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #127 on: August 13, 2012, 01:29:45 PM »
All the time i see availability on AA and nothing on BA
It does happen, but more often than not it's a PEBKAC error.  Feel free to post examples here if you're so inclined:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=14911
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #128 on: August 13, 2012, 07:19:41 PM »
is there way to go standby since its not showing seats avvilabel for 4,500
No.

I just called AA to ask about going standby on an avios points booking and they confirmed me on an earlier flight for free - my flight is in 2 days
im not sure if this has anything to do with me being AA Exec Plat

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #129 on: August 14, 2012, 02:45:18 AM »
FYI
The BA website very frequently changes availability...you may have to "skip ahead 7 days" then "skip back" but I am travelling to LGA over labor day and several times a week availability in various flights changed...keep checking

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #130 on: August 16, 2012, 09:58:24 AM »
I read somewhere recently that BA only lets changes be made to a household account every 6 months. is this true? does anyone have experience with this?
From BA.com  16.1.7Once a Household Account is established, new member(s) may not be added or existing member(s) removed more than once every six months. A Household Account may not be dissolved or re-established more than once every six months.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #131 on: September 11, 2012, 03:47:05 PM »
can i upgrade a flight i bought on AA for money with avios points?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #132 on: September 11, 2012, 03:53:38 PM »
I booked LGA-CLE on BA the other day and it showed 7 award tickets available for every flight on both days I needed. I just went to see if I can add another person to my itinerary and both flights I had chosen still show 7 award tickets available.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #133 on: September 11, 2012, 04:01:38 PM »
7 is the max it can show.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #134 on: September 12, 2012, 03:36:09 PM »
i need to fly to detriot from new york on fri i wanted to use 4500 ba points but there is no availability i was wondering is there any way i can do anything to use my ba points?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #135 on: September 12, 2012, 07:34:01 PM »
i need to fly to detriot from new york on fri i wanted to use 4500 ba points but there is no availability i was wondering is there any way i can do anything to use my ba points?

Nothing avail on AA, there is avail tomorrow at 10 something in the morning, if u could go then.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #136 on: September 14, 2012, 12:33:58 PM »
I'm looking to book a flight from JFK-LAX using BA Avios.  There are only middle seats and preferred seats available.  If I book the ticket with Avios, will I be able to pay to upgrade to preferred seats?  What is the cost?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #137 on: September 14, 2012, 01:58:17 PM »
I'm looking to book a flight from JFK-LAX using BA Avios.  There are only middle seats and preferred seats available.  If I book the ticket with Avios, will I be able to pay to upgrade to preferred seats?  What is the cost?

You should be able to book it all with ur avios, as prem economy.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #138 on: September 14, 2012, 03:45:51 PM »
You should be able to book it all with ur avios, as prem economy.

BA advised me that one cannot book AA premium economy using avios. I booked a regular economy reservation and called AA who told me that I can't even pay for preferred seats if I wanted to.

Thoughts?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #139 on: September 16, 2012, 02:30:15 PM »
BA advised me that one cannot book AA premium economy using avios. I booked a regular economy reservation and called AA who told me that I can't even pay for preferred seats if I wanted to.

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