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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 #1720 on: April 07, 2014, 05:36:18 PM »
So I can make my miles, keep 'em fresh in my BA account, and then close the account so as to avoid paying the $95 AF?
THANKS.
Yes. Though you can SM to get the fee waived pretty easily.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1721 on: April 07, 2014, 05:48:10 PM »
Yes. Though you can SM to get the fee waived pretty easily.
Tried and it didn't work >:( ... Is there a HUCA rule with SM?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1722 on: April 07, 2014, 07:59:01 PM »
Tried and it didn't work >:( ... Is there a HUCA rule with SM?
Can try. Calling may help as well.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1723 on: April 07, 2014, 08:07:32 PM »
sorry if this has been addressed upthread, but if i book business and first becomes available later, do they let me just pay the additional miles, or is it treated as a change/ cancel+rebook?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1724 on: April 07, 2014, 09:49:06 PM »
sorry if this has been addressed upthread, but if i book business and first becomes available later, do they let me just pay the additional miles, or is it treated as a change/ cancel+rebook?
The latter
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1725 on: April 08, 2014, 12:23:53 AM »
I tried that in the airport and a day before my return flight. Was flat-out told it must be done by BA.
call aa they do it

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1726 on: April 08, 2014, 10:57:26 AM »
What's the best number to call to cancel award ticket (was told can't do online, regular numbers from website taking forever).

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1727 on: April 08, 2014, 11:08:16 AM »
When doing regular number, press I think 1 for "making a new booking", they were always able to help me and IME the hold was shorter.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1728 on: April 08, 2014, 11:09:00 AM »
when did that last night they told me gota use exec club number, but ill huca i guess. thanks

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1729 on: April 08, 2014, 11:09:54 AM »
Google voice/speaker phone was created for things like this.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1730 on: April 08, 2014, 11:17:25 AM »
Google voice/speaker phone was created for things like this.
what does Google voice help here?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1731 on: April 08, 2014, 11:18:12 AM »
what does Google voice help here?
Save minutes on your cell phone
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1732 on: April 08, 2014, 11:26:14 AM »
when did that last night they told me gota use exec club number, but ill huca i guess. thanks
Correct, but you can chose the option overthere of make a new booking IIRC
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1733 on: April 08, 2014, 11:26:46 AM »
Save minutes on your cell phone

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1734 on: April 08, 2014, 11:27:36 AM »
Save minutes on your cell phone
Who still has a plan that is limited on the minutes  :P
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1735 on: April 08, 2014, 03:34:11 PM »
Google voice/speaker phone was created for things like this.

its what ive been doing.. .sometimes i dont even get a hold message, it just rings and rings and then disconnects. this is very annoying, as i want them to deposit to the miles so i can book something else... any other phone number that works for the exec club other than 8004521201?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1736 on: April 08, 2014, 04:02:29 PM »
Who still has a plan that is limited on the minutes  :P

I do.... i would take unlimited data (which I have) any day over unlimited minutes

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1737 on: April 09, 2014, 12:24:34 AM »
Is the finnair shtick still working? It doesn't seem to allow me to edit the drop down menu

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1738 on: April 09, 2014, 06:42:47 AM »
Is the finnair shtick still working? It doesn't seem to allow me to edit the drop down menu

I just used it last night to add my AA number. After it showed up on my AA account no problem.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1739 on: April 09, 2014, 09:04:44 AM »
so does BA website show flights with stops both international and domestic routes? because when I searched domestic flights on AA.com  there was both nonstop and flights with stopvers on same route and date but when I searched  BA for same dates and routes only the nonstop showed on BA website