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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
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Israel+972-3-606-15152am-9am EDT
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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 #140 on: September 20, 2012, 08:48:29 PM »
I mistakenly booked a day earlier than i wanted. Usually BA would let me click the cancellation options button, and that would let me refund the ticket minus the $2.50 in taxes. Now it says it cant be canceled online and to call them. What are my options? Is there no way around paying a change/cancellation fee?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #141 on: September 21, 2012, 01:17:24 AM »
How much does it normally cost to cancel?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #142 on: September 21, 2012, 01:26:35 AM »
How much does it normally cost to cancel?

$40

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #143 on: September 21, 2012, 09:42:03 AM »
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 #144 on: September 27, 2012, 10:31:53 AM »
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?

Trying for the 3rd time...Only middle seats and preferred seats avail.  Anyone have any advice as to how I can get onto the preferred seats?  Even if I have to pay...No business/first/pre economy avail on BA anymore.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #145 on: September 27, 2012, 10:42:18 AM »
Don't select a seat and when you check in @a kiosk it should let you select bulkhead if not half hour before departure exit row is up for grabs or try the agent in the lounge

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #146 on: September 27, 2012, 11:44:52 AM »
Don't select a seat and when you check in @a kiosk it should let you select bulkhead if not half hour before departure exit row is up for grabs or try the agent in the lounge

Will do...thx

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #147 on: September 30, 2012, 03:36:06 PM »
I accidentally booked 8am flight instead of 2pm on return. Its after 24 hours since booking. What's my best option? 2 passengers

1. Cancel the return and rebook -$$ ??
2. Cancel the whole booking and rebook- $$ ??
3. Change flight time for inbound- $$ ??

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #148 on: November 14, 2012, 11:40:37 AM »
Not sure if this is davar yadua but BA does not charge fuel surcharges on flights within Europe.  Meaning I was able to get a flight on xmas day (when the eurostar isn't running nor are easyjet/ryanair flying) from London to Paris for only 4500 Avios plus the dastardly $22.50 APD.  Just checked and flights from LHR-FCO are only 7500 Avios plus the $22.50  Not a bad deal.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #149 on: November 21, 2012, 10:55:39 AM »
I'm on mobile now and my search is not working.

Can you book an award flight for some one using your own ba account and cc?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #150 on: November 21, 2012, 01:35:24 PM »
I'm on mobile now and my search is not working.

Can you book an award flight for some one using your own ba account and cc?

Yes.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #151 on: November 23, 2012, 02:49:08 AM »
Yes.

I just tried doing this, and it won't let me. Could only check availability for the pass. on my account.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #152 on: November 23, 2012, 01:58:27 PM »
I just tried doing this, and it won't let me. Could only check availability for the pass. on my account.

You don't check availability for a specific passenger, you check for a certain amount of passengers (1,2,3 etc), when you find lights you want to book, then part of the "checkout" process is inputting your pasengers' info and you can book for anyone as long as there are enough miles in the BA account.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #153 on: November 23, 2012, 02:20:17 PM »
You don't check availability for a specific passenger, you check for a certain amount of passengers (1,2,3 etc), when you find lights you want to book, then part of the "checkout" process is inputting your pasengers' info and you can book for anyone as long as there are enough miles in the BA account.

Don't see what u are talking about. On my ba account which is a family membership account, i only see my name and other family names, which have a checkbox next to them b4 i check for availability. So i don't see a choice to put in passenger's names later.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #154 on: November 23, 2012, 03:09:08 PM »
Don't see what u are talking about. On my ba account which is a family membership account, i only see my name and other family names, which have a checkbox next to them b4 i check for availability. So i don't see a choice to put in passenger's names later.
You need to break out of the family.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #155 on: November 23, 2012, 03:11:37 PM »
You need to break out of the family.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #156 on: November 25, 2012, 01:13:52 AM »
is this good for aa flights international and could I transfer aa miles here

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #157 on: November 25, 2012, 01:45:43 AM »
is this good for aa flights international and could I transfer aa miles here

1)BA could put you on a AA flight but beware crossing the Atlantic there is YQ
2)you cant transfer AA miles to BA

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #158 on: November 25, 2012, 09:32:15 AM »
Does ba transfer to cathey Pacific 1:1?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #159 on: November 25, 2012, 02:26:00 PM »
1)BA could put you on a AA flight but beware crossing the Atlantic there is YQ
2)you cant transfer AA miles to BA
what is a YQ