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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 #5420 on: October 30, 2018, 03:15:55 PM »
Trying to book an AA flight using BA points for an evening flight. However, since there are so many available flights on that day with availability it is only showing me morning flight options. Is there any way to pull up flights later in the day or do I have to call BA?
Call Singapore call center. May take a few calls. They will find it for you.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5421 on: October 30, 2018, 08:12:24 PM »
Anyone had a Amex transfer rejected? Just transferred points and it was cancelled

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5422 on: October 30, 2018, 09:08:59 PM »
Anyone had a Amex transfer rejected? Just transferred points and it was cancelled

BA SIN office is claiming I have a BA Visa linked to my account and can not have the amex linked..... (BTW The visa was canceled 4 years ago...)

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5423 on: October 30, 2018, 10:25:05 PM »
BA SIN office is claiming I have a BA Visa linked to my account and can not have the amex linked..... (BTW The visa was canceled 4 years ago...)
That should have nothing to do with it. Seems like they just didn't know why the amex transfer bounced and tried to come up with a reason.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5424 on: October 30, 2018, 10:41:54 PM »
That should have nothing to do with it. Seems like they just didn't know why the amex transfer bounced and tried to come up with a reason.

Recap:
Transferred points, saw it cancelled on Amex. Called Amex and did a new transfer over the phone which shows pending

Called BA SIN and got the BS about Visa, told the agent its BS so she came back you are right, it doesn't have to do with the visa but I don't know, not my dept, I can email and you will be notified in 7 days

Called Amex again, the front line told me it's pending & transferred me to MR which told me it can take 5 business days, its clear from our end bye

Called BA HKG, and again he can't tell me why it was rejected etc, he can raise an inquiry with my Amex conf number and the points will be credited in 72 hours

Called Amex and the agent tells me let me call BA - I see here (IIRC the link is down), she comes back that BA doesn't want to talk with her because "Amex records its phone calls"

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5425 on: October 30, 2018, 11:17:00 PM »
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5426 on: October 30, 2018, 11:28:38 PM »
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5427 on: November 01, 2018, 10:10:34 AM »
‪how far in advance does Cathay open up business class avail for BA/AA? Seems to be hit or miss ‬

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5428 on: November 04, 2018, 08:14:21 AM »
Are taxes on avios points refunded if you cancel with in 24hrs?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5429 on: November 04, 2018, 10:24:06 PM »
Are taxes on avios points refunded if you cancel with in 24hrs?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5430 on: November 06, 2018, 01:22:35 PM »
i was just told by BA rep that to cancel avios ticket is $55. she said she was looking at the BA guidelines. i am almost certain its the lesser of $55 or taxes which in the case i am referencing is $5.60 for a flight on aa. anyone know where i can find the correct cancellation fee to be $5.60 per ticket as discussed on these forums on so many occasions?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5431 on: November 06, 2018, 01:24:17 PM »
i was just told by BA rep that to cancel avios ticket is $55. she said she was looking at the BA guidelines. i am almost certain its the lesser of $55 or taxes which in the case i am referencing is $5.60 for a flight on aa. anyone know where i can find the correct cancellation fee to be $5.60 per ticket as discussed on these forums on so many occasions?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5432 on: November 06, 2018, 01:26:05 PM »
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thx but was just on hold for over half hour. i want to have something in writing so i can save it. i am certain about the policy but without a source, i cant go back to it

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5433 on: November 06, 2018, 01:28:22 PM »
thx but was just on hold for over half hour. i want to have something in writing so i can save it. i am certain about the policy but without a source, i cant go back to it
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5434 on: November 06, 2018, 01:29:17 PM »
thx but was just on hold for over half hour. i want to have something in writing so i can save it. i am certain about the policy but without a source, i cant go back to it
I don't think its official policy.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5435 on: November 06, 2018, 01:43:03 PM »
I don't think its official policy.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5436 on: November 19, 2018, 08:02:56 AM »
Im curious about this as well, because i remember clearly that you can cancel it within 24 hours before the flight, but i just booked and he said that after 24 hours of being booked if you cancel after that it cost $55. any other inputs?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5437 on: November 19, 2018, 09:24:49 PM »
I have a date with dozens of saver available on AA, I called BA to book and they were going to but something came up so i had to call back. 10 min. later, 2 reps in a row are saying theres nothing available ??? ??? ???

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5438 on: November 19, 2018, 10:09:51 PM »
I have a date with dozens of saver available on AA, I called BA to book and they were going to but something came up so i had to call back. 10 min. later, 2 reps in a row are saying theres nothing available ??? ??? ???
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #5439 on: November 24, 2018, 03:49:40 PM »
Does any know definitively whether transferring Iberia Avios to BA will reset the expiration date of the BA account? I recently did it, but on Award Wallet it shows the same expiration date as prior to the xfer.