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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
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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 #4520 on: December 30, 2015, 06:04:37 PM »
I am trying to transfer avios from Iberia to BA and my name is not the same - one has a middle name and my BA does not. So i called them up to add my middle name and they want a copy of my passport - did anyone ever have this problem? Not really excited about sending a copy of my passport since it will probably end up in India or New Deli.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4521 on: December 30, 2015, 06:43:20 PM »
how would I book NYC to PTY. I see availability on AA but cant get it on BA. and is it even worth it? how many avios would it be round trip?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4522 on: December 30, 2015, 07:04:21 PM »
The correct method is to ERASE ba ffn on ba.com
How do you do this, I searched and searched...............
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4523 on: December 30, 2015, 07:11:27 PM »
I am trying to transfer avios from Iberia to BA and my name is not the same - one has a middle name and my BA does not. So i called them up to add my middle name and they want a copy of my passport - did anyone ever have this problem? Not really excited about sending a copy of my passport since it will probably end up in India or New Deli.
How about deleting your middle name from Iberia

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4524 on: December 30, 2015, 07:11:53 PM »
How do you do this, I searched and searched...............
When you are booking a flight, at "checkout" when you are putting in your information like name...etc one of the options will be FFN by default it puts in your BA number, just highlight it and clear it b4 you book the ticket
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4525 on: December 30, 2015, 08:21:59 PM »

When you are booking a flight, at "checkout" when you are putting in your information like name...etc one of the options will be FFN by default it puts in your BA number, just highlight it and clear it b4 you book the ticket
That method only works if you're booking it online. Not if you booked it over the phone.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4526 on: December 30, 2015, 09:22:29 PM »
When you are booking a flight, at "checkout" when you are putting in your information like name...etc one of the options will be FFN by default it puts in your BA number, just highlight it and clear it b4 you book the ticket
Thanks. Any method if I already booked with the ffn?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4527 on: December 30, 2015, 09:38:48 PM »

Thanks. Any method if I already booked with the ffn?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4528 on: December 31, 2015, 08:19:41 AM »
Thanks. Any method if I already booked with the ffn?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4529 on: December 31, 2015, 11:17:20 AM »
I booked an AA flight with avios. how do I select my seat?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4530 on: December 31, 2015, 11:33:33 AM »
I booked an AA flight with avios. how do I select my seat?

scroll to the bottom of the page or sometimes on the right middle side of the page.it will take you to AA's website

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4531 on: December 31, 2015, 11:42:07 AM »
scroll to the bottom of the page or sometimes on the right middle side of the page.it will take you to AA's website
I already completed the booking. anything I can do now?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4532 on: December 31, 2015, 11:42:39 AM »
I already completed the booking. anything I can do now?

thats actually step 1, now for step 2 choose the seats..
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4533 on: December 31, 2015, 12:13:53 PM »
I already completed the booking. anything I can do now?
Pull up the res on AA.com.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4534 on: December 31, 2015, 12:18:56 PM »
Pull up the res on AA.com.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4535 on: December 31, 2015, 12:29:00 PM »
got it thanks guys!

pleasure, @CS91 he needs to get the AA ressy # first, (by clicking on request your seat)

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4536 on: December 31, 2015, 01:08:14 PM »
pleasure, @CS91 he needs to get the AA ressy # first, (by clicking on request your seat)

or by going to Checkmytrip.com

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4537 on: January 03, 2016, 12:22:45 AM »
pleasure, @CS91 he needs to get the AA ressy # first, (by clicking on request your seat)
Used to never work but last week I put in the BA reservation # into AA.com and it pulled up my res.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4538 on: January 03, 2016, 06:26:58 PM »
the non stops would show up on the website, the stops would have to be booked on the phone as BA charges per segment
They charge 9.k x 2 for flight with stop?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #4539 on: January 03, 2016, 06:29:41 PM »
I see Economy MileSAAver available on AA" with a stop ", but it doesn't show available on BA, is by calling can do something?