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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 #3440 on: April 27, 2015, 07:21:34 PM »
For $55 change fee, it seems possible.
thanks, booked Nyc to Hkg on cx I'll change flights as they open
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3441 on: April 27, 2015, 08:23:30 PM »
Is there any way to get a business class award for either phl-cun or nyc-cun

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3442 on: April 27, 2015, 10:00:27 PM »
Is there any way to get a business class award for either phl-cun or nyc-cun
Why wouldn't you be able to? Do you not see anything?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3443 on: April 28, 2015, 02:05:11 PM »
Per this post on DDMS http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/60386 2 cabin flights price in E and F but after checking for myself you are right it priced in business

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3444 on: April 28, 2015, 02:18:02 PM »
2 cabin flights price in E and F
That is only with regard to 2 cabin domestic flights. PHL/NYC-CUN is international, hence
it priced in business

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3445 on: April 28, 2015, 09:24:50 PM »
Is there any BA office that would be open at about 10:30PM EST?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3446 on: April 28, 2015, 09:27:06 PM »
Is there any BA office that would be open at about 10:30PM EST?
Maybe try one in Asia.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3447 on: April 28, 2015, 10:21:11 PM »
I tried once the UK office and they didn't want to work on my Record locator, saying that only US office could take care of it

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3448 on: April 28, 2015, 10:24:47 PM »
I tried once the UK office and they didn't want to work on my Record locator, saying that only US office could take care of it
Did they give a reason? Sounds odd.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3449 on: April 28, 2015, 10:26:05 PM »
I don't recall was a while ago

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3450 on: April 28, 2015, 11:24:21 PM »
2 times recently I've called the Hong Kong office.  Same horrible hold music.  Short wait times. English phone tree, English cs rep. Had no problem with my American reservation.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3451 on: April 28, 2015, 11:26:49 PM »
2 times recently I've called the Hong Kong office.  Same horrible hold music.  Short wait times. English phone tree, English cs rep. Had no problem with my American reservation.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3452 on: April 30, 2015, 11:25:13 AM »
Could I transfer american airlines points into avios?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3453 on: April 30, 2015, 11:26:19 AM »
Could I transfer american airlines points into avios?
Thanks in advance
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3454 on: April 30, 2015, 06:46:30 PM »
Anyone had any luck reaching the BA call center recently?
I'm trying to book a flight that's not showing up on ba.com, but is showing up as economy saver on aa.com, and just keep getting a busy signal when calling the call center (after going through the phone tree)
Any other way of booking it? Call centers in asia aren't open yet..

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3455 on: April 30, 2015, 09:18:46 PM »
Is there any way to book PEK-ICN using BA?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3456 on: April 30, 2015, 11:38:01 PM »
2 times recently I've called the Hong Kong office.  Same horrible hold music.  Short wait times. English phone tree, English cs rep. Had no problem with my American reservation.
how can I reach them, I can put them to good use now
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3457 on: May 01, 2015, 12:18:21 AM »
To find the # of a foreign BA office.

Sign into your BA account.  Hover on 'executive club' on the top bar.  click 'contact us' in the first column.
toggle to find the location of the office you want to reach, and click.
You'll see their number and hours of operation.  (To dial a foreign #: add 011 before what they have written.)
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3458 on: May 01, 2015, 12:34:08 AM »
Just called the Singapore call center - no wait, very helpful agent. Used google voice - only 2c per minute.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #3459 on: May 01, 2015, 02:09:13 AM »
To find the # of a foreign BA office.

Sign into your BA account.  Hover on 'executive club' on the top bar.  click 'contact us' in the first column.
toggle to find the location of the office you want to reach, and click.
You'll see their number and hours of operation.  (To dial a foreign #: add 011 before what they have written.)
Or just click this link