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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 benefits when flying on AA
« Reply #4660 on: February 16, 2016, 01:59:53 PM »
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Re: BA avios benefits when flying on AA
« Reply #4661 on: February 16, 2016, 04:19:30 PM »
Royally screwed  >:( (pardon the pun)
the RJ's call center entered the AA #for me, without removing the BA one. (and the change was rejected by the system).
so now AA just shows the BA# and when I called back to RJ they say they can't touch it- call AA/BA.

any hope? HUCA RJ? any point in calling AA?
So, Called AA. they were able to see RJ's butchered entry and were able to update for me no problem

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Re: BA avios benefits when flying on AA
« Reply #4662 on: February 16, 2016, 09:07:30 PM »
I recently booked a AA flight with avios, and when i got transferred to the american website to choose seats, I put in my AA FFN. I got Priority from the avios, and a free bag from AA. Am I missing the whole point of Finnair or RJ?

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Re: BA avios benefits when flying on AA
« Reply #4663 on: February 16, 2016, 10:10:21 PM »
I recently booked a AA flight with avios, and when i got transferred to the american website to choose seats, I put in my AA FFN. I got Priority from the avios, and a free bag from AA. Am I missing the whole point of Finnair or RJ?
Most of the time, when people use RJ or Finnair to put in AA FFN, it's when they booked over phone because they don't give you option to put in AA FFN and automatically put in BA FFN. Sounds like you booked online though.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4664 on: February 16, 2016, 11:23:09 PM »
Who's plat line? You have status?
no, you just call the executive plat number and press 000 until u get an agent

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4665 on: February 19, 2016, 04:55:38 PM »
This looks like a new design on the BA site. Even saying if it is non-stop or with stop.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4666 on: February 20, 2016, 12:00:44 PM »
Been that way for a while already.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4667 on: February 26, 2016, 11:18:21 AM »
beginner's question. I have about 100k avios, and a BA companion voucher. what's the best way to use them for a flight NYC-TLV, or YUL-TLV

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4668 on: February 26, 2016, 02:25:39 PM »
beginner's question. I have about 100k avios, and a BA companion voucher. what's the best way to use them for a flight NYC-TLV, or YUL-TLV
Has to be used on BA, So be prepared to pay fuel surcharges.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4669 on: March 02, 2016, 04:47:34 PM »
I booked a flight on AA using avios and added by AA FF# through RJ. Now I need to cancel, but can't find the reservation on BA.com. Before I try looking through my old emails, any suggestions?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4670 on: March 02, 2016, 04:48:24 PM »
I booked a flight on AA using avios and added by AA FF# through RJ. Now I need to cancel, but can't find the reservation on BA.com. Before I try looking through my old emails, any suggestions?
searching your email isnt easy?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4671 on: March 02, 2016, 05:19:39 PM »
I know this eventually may belong in GFS, but does anyone know if BA eVoucher is a transferable item? Have a $500 eVoucher I want to unload.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4672 on: March 03, 2016, 10:08:27 AM »
I know this eventually may belong in GFS, but does anyone know if BA eVoucher is a transferable item? Have a $500 eVoucher I want to unload.
You can call BA (long wait times) and ask if you can book a friend's ticket with it.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4673 on: March 03, 2016, 10:10:14 AM »
You can call BA (long wait times) and ask if you can book a friend's ticket with it.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4674 on: March 03, 2016, 11:37:18 AM »
Thanks Unload = sell = dont want to be bothered with it after i sell  ;D ::)
If you find out that you're allowed to book for a friend, then the 'friend' can book it for himself after he pays you.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4675 on: March 03, 2016, 03:40:01 PM »
searching your email isnt easy?
I've tried on my phone but nothing coming up.
I have the date it was ticketed so would have to go all the way back to then

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4676 on: March 09, 2016, 10:56:35 PM »
1- can I use ba on Hawaiian air, and if so how many points is if for flights Btwn the  islands? For flight from lax to Lih there is showing no saver award on aa,is it worth waiting in hope of saver opening up or that a snow-balls chance in hell...

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4677 on: March 10, 2016, 01:00:23 AM »
1- can I use ba on Hawaiian air, and if so how many points is if for flights Btwn the  islands?

No

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4678 on: March 10, 2016, 04:18:41 PM »
Anyone know if ORD-HPN ever has decent availability in economy for non-stop flights? 

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4679 on: March 11, 2016, 01:40:22 PM »
Anyone know if ORD-HPN ever has decent availability in economy for non-stop flights?

BUMP, and also, what's the deal w/the BA website?  It always seems to be down.  Anyone have a workaround?