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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
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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 #2660 on: October 22, 2014, 12:18:27 AM »
That's what I did the 3rd time, neither do they appear under my bookings.
unless you are booking a ticket for the account holder thetickets will not show up under "my bookings"

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2661 on: October 22, 2014, 12:31:19 AM »
unless you are booking a ticket for the account holder thetickets will not show up under "my bookings"
Aha, now it makes sense.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2662 on: October 22, 2014, 01:42:33 AM »
If I have a USAirways flight from YYZ to PHL and go to the airport early, will they let me on the earlier flight? Any less likely if the earlier flight doesnt have award availability?
I am sometimes accused of overthinking things. I am still mulling over whether that accusation has merit.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2663 on: October 22, 2014, 07:48:05 AM »
Why do you need to call? Just get the confirmation number from the confirmation page and get your ticket number and partner confirmation number from Check my trip.
your help is appreciated how do I find Check My trip so that i can get the actually AA locator.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2664 on: October 22, 2014, 07:53:51 AM »
your help is appreciated how do I find Check My trip so that i can get the actually AA locator.

The 6 digit confirmation code you got right after you booked, enter that along with your last name in check my trip and it will pull up the aa number.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2665 on: October 22, 2014, 08:23:43 AM »
your help is appreciated how do I find Check My trip so that i can get the actually AA locator.
(checkmytrip.com)
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2666 on: October 22, 2014, 09:03:35 AM »
If I have a USAirways flight from YYZ to PHL and go to the airport early, will they let me on the earlier flight? Any less likely if the earlier flight doesnt have award availability?
On AA They can (and IME most of the time do) make you pay to go early
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2667 on: October 22, 2014, 09:03:43 AM »
I by mistake put on a reservation Mrs and female for a male, what am I supposed to do now?

Flight is departing soon..

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2668 on: October 22, 2014, 09:07:56 AM »
I by mistake put on a reservation Mrs and female for a male, what am I supposed to do now?

Flight is departing soon..
I don't think it's a big deal. Small mistakes the check-in people can change

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2669 on: October 22, 2014, 09:33:12 AM »
I by mistake put on a reservation Mrs and female for a male, what am I supposed to do now?

Flight is departing soon..


I don't think it's a big deal. Small mistakes the check-in people can change
Can anyone confirm?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2670 on: October 22, 2014, 09:49:19 AM »
The 6 digit confirmation code you got right after you booked, enter that along with your last name in check my trip and it will pull up the aa number.
Is that on the BA site? I did it through finnair. I would prefer doing it through BA if possible. On AA it still does not show under My Trips. If i go to AAdvantage i can pull it up and on the app it is also showing. Thanks

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2671 on: October 22, 2014, 01:09:14 PM »
I by mistake put on a reservation Mrs and female for a male, what am I supposed to do now?

Flight is departing soon..


I don't think it's a big deal. Small mistakes the check-in people can change
They made no problems, the agent even joked about it.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2672 on: October 22, 2014, 02:40:22 PM »
(checkmytrip.com)
Does it show you the Aa locator #. I tried it and it gave me the BA info. Thanks for your help.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2673 on: October 22, 2014, 11:24:06 PM »
Could I transfer my avios over to a spouse's avios account ?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2674 on: October 23, 2014, 12:05:57 AM »
No,But you can have a household account combined together

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2675 on: October 23, 2014, 12:11:42 AM »
Does it show you the Aa locator #. I tried it and it gave me the BA info. Thanks for your help.
There are various little arrows that expand the page to give more info.  Under the passengers name- expand and find the AA record locator.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2676 on: October 23, 2014, 12:26:17 AM »
No,But you can have a household account combined together
Do you mean taking the avios from both accounts & putting it into a new "household account" ?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2677 on: October 23, 2014, 01:49:44 AM »
Do you mean taking the avios from both accounts & putting it into a new "household account" ?

One member becomes chief of the household account, and can invite others into it.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2678 on: October 23, 2014, 05:28:02 AM »
Do you mean taking the avios from both accounts & putting it into a new "household account" ?

Warning; If you make a household account, you can only book flights for people in that household.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #2679 on: October 23, 2014, 06:24:59 AM »
Warning; If you make a household account, you can only book flights for people in that household.

Not true, you can book for other people outside the household, you just have to add them to the friends list.