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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 #5160 on: July 18, 2017, 10:42:37 AM »
Showing on AA and not BA, reps can't see it either.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5161 on: July 18, 2017, 10:43:46 AM »
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Haven't tried, I doubt they'll be able to, the whole system isn't working.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5162 on: July 18, 2017, 05:13:35 PM »
Was trying to book AA with BA yesterday and had the same issue. I wonder when things will be back to normal.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5163 on: July 18, 2017, 08:13:52 PM »
Anybody book in the past 12 hours?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5164 on: July 18, 2017, 10:18:45 PM »
Anybody book in the past 12 hours?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5165 on: July 18, 2017, 10:49:23 PM »
Last report of a booking was around midnight yesterday, all other partners are able to book.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5166 on: July 19, 2017, 10:05:07 AM »
Does anyone know if Avios knows AA is not showing up?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5167 on: July 19, 2017, 10:57:43 AM »
Read upthread

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5168 on: July 20, 2017, 01:39:02 AM »
Read upthread

I did, I didnt find the answer, no availability still for fares that are always available...am I missing something? Is this a problem that Avios is having for the past 2 days?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5169 on: July 20, 2017, 01:39:53 AM »
Is this a problem that Avios is having for the past 2 days?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5170 on: July 20, 2017, 11:15:33 AM »
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Does that mean yes, thanks :)

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5171 on: July 20, 2017, 11:16:07 AM »
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5172 on: July 20, 2017, 11:23:09 AM »
still doesnt appear to be a fix for the AA issue.
doubly infuriating, especially factoring in that it is almost impossible to find AA saver availability these days.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5173 on: July 20, 2017, 12:09:39 PM »
There search engine is broken. I just tried 5 different destinations for several days in August and its showing absolutely no availability for any destination. So It must be down totally.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5174 on: July 20, 2017, 12:20:25 PM »
Whats amazing is its been 2 days and even avios twitter refused to comment, no one is publicly acknowledging the issue.

https://thepointsguy.com/2017/07/ba-site-not-showing-aa-awards/

Scroll down for comments, recent are mixed in...even ones from 4 hours ago - people mentioning they called BA and were not given a response.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5175 on: July 20, 2017, 12:28:44 PM »
Whats amazing is its been 2 days and even avios twitter refused to comment, no one is publicly acknowledging the issue.

https://thepointsguy.com/2017/07/ba-site-not-showing-aa-awards/

Scroll down for comments, recent are mixed in...even ones from 4 hours ago - people mentioning they called BA and were not given a response.
Avios search engine is totally broken. IB search is down too. Cannot find any availability, not just AA
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5176 on: July 20, 2017, 01:50:14 PM »
Have people had success calling BA to book AA Saver awards that do not show on BA website?  Want to get some feedback before I waste my time.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5177 on: July 20, 2017, 01:58:59 PM »
Have people had success calling BA to book AA Saver awards that do not show on BA website?  Want to get some feedback before I waste my time.
Don't waste your time. The system is blocked currently.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5178 on: July 20, 2017, 10:15:33 PM »
I'm in trouble. On July 12th they deleted all my Avios miles. No warning. I didn't know it was the expiration date. My wife's is up in August. Any one know if there's a possibility of getting them back, and if yes, how do I keep them. I don't have the credit cards anymore. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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« Reply #5179 on: July 20, 2017, 10:53:48 PM »
I'm in trouble. On July 12th they deleted all my Avios miles. No warning. I didn't know it was the expiration date. My wife's is up in August. Any one know if there's a possibility of getting them back, and if yes, how do I keep them. I don't have the credit cards anymore. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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