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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 #400 on: April 29, 2013, 08:53:41 PM »
Any way to choose a seat on a aa flight booked with avios?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #401 on: April 29, 2013, 08:59:33 PM »
Any way to choose a seat on a aa flight booked with avios?

Go to https://www.checkmytrip.com to get the AA record locator, then go to https://www.aa.com/reservation/findReservationAccess.do and you should be able to find it and choose seats, put in AAdvantage number, etc.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #402 on: April 29, 2013, 09:02:23 PM »
Any way to choose a seat on a aa flight booked with avios?
Yes. Go to checkmytrip.com and plug in your BA reference #. Then you can find your AA confirmation #. Go to AA and enter your # and the rest is history.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #403 on: April 29, 2013, 09:43:13 PM »
Yes. Go to checkmytrip.com and plug in your BA reference #. Then you can find your AA confirmation #. Go to AA and enter your # and the rest is history.
did that. Can't seem to find aa confirmation number on that site. Any way you can tell me where that information is?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #404 on: April 29, 2013, 09:57:22 PM »
did that. Can't seem to find aa confirmation number on that site. Any way you can tell me where that information is?

IIRC you need to select more trip options or the like in checkmytrip.com


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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #405 on: April 29, 2013, 10:33:05 PM »
what about tickets on AB booked with Avios can i choose seat? ad milege ?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #406 on: May 01, 2013, 10:31:26 AM »
Can anyone advise on the possibility of transferring Avios from one account to another (different last names). Is this possible? Would this potentially have the accounts in question closed?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #407 on: May 01, 2013, 11:41:26 AM »
Can anyone advise on the possibility of transferring Avios from one account to another (different last names). Is this possible? Would this potentially have the accounts in question closed?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #408 on: May 01, 2013, 11:52:53 AM »
Look into a family account.
If i can get that and make the transfer, is it possible to split it back again?
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« Reply #409 on: May 01, 2013, 11:58:30 AM »
If i can get that and make the transfer, is it possible to split it back again?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #410 on: May 01, 2013, 12:00:12 PM »
If i can get that and make the transfer, is it possible to split it back again?
You don't make a transfer. It pools all the miles into one account.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #411 on: May 01, 2013, 12:03:11 PM »
You don't make a transfer. It pools all the miles into one account.
Not looking to pool. Trying to help someone get a flight, they need some more points.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #412 on: May 01, 2013, 12:03:41 PM »
Not looking to pool. Trying to help someone get a flight, they need some more points.
Transfer MR.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #413 on: May 02, 2013, 01:44:14 PM »
did that. Can't seem to find aa confirmation number on that site. Any way you can tell me where that information is?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #414 on: May 02, 2013, 03:12:05 PM »
would transferring amex mr to my avios account extend the life of my miles? (I know this is a simple q, but I searched and couldnt find an answer)

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #415 on: May 02, 2013, 03:16:54 PM »
would transferring amex mr to my avios account extend the life of my miles? (I know this is a simple q, but I searched and couldnt find an answer)
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #416 on: May 02, 2013, 03:22:10 PM »
Is it possible to get Chase to switch the BA account number that my credit card earns points to? Both are under my name.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #417 on: May 02, 2013, 03:24:45 PM »
Is it possible to get Chase to switch the BA account number that my credit card earns points to? Both are under my name.
I don't know specifically with Chase, but i know Citi and Barclays you can.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #418 on: May 02, 2013, 08:02:49 PM »
I don't know specifically with Chase, but i know Citi and Barclays you can.
Gonna try it. Will probably just sm.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #419 on: May 02, 2013, 11:51:22 PM »
I don't know specifically with Chase, but i know Citi and Barclays you can.

Easy task with Chase too.

Know someone who changed from his wife's FFN to his without any issues, although it may be different as it was a business card.