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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 #540 on: June 12, 2013, 11:47:45 PM »
Anyone ever book a ticket with BA get confirmation.  And then realize the points were never deducted and AA website the record locater shows the reservation but says Status Unknown.
Probably means you need to add birthday
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #541 on: June 12, 2013, 11:48:52 PM »
Probably means you need to add birthday
was just told by AA that the record locater is not ticketed and need to book new ticket

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #542 on: June 12, 2013, 11:52:24 PM »
was just told by AA that the record locater is not ticketed
+1
need to book new ticket
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If it's only the account holder flying, wait and it should ticket tomorrow.

If there are others then call BA and add the birthday.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #543 on: June 12, 2013, 11:55:05 PM »
+1-1

If it's only the account holder flying, wait and it should ticket tomorrow.

If there are others then call BA and add the birthday.
flight is for not for account holder and the flight is at 615 am Tommorow morning. Where can I get ahold of BA now 

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #544 on: June 12, 2013, 11:57:07 PM »
Where can I get ahold of BA now
China

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #545 on: June 13, 2013, 12:31:15 AM »
China
lol, at least provide their number
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #546 on: June 13, 2013, 12:34:00 AM »
lol, at least provide their number
google did that for me. And guys you were right birthdate was issue. 

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #547 on: June 13, 2013, 01:08:46 AM »
The China line fixed it? Which # pls. (there's more than one). Usually they are very tough about touching tickets booked from accounts registered in other countries.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #548 on: June 13, 2013, 01:15:54 AM »
The China line fixed it? Which # pls. (there's more than one). Usually they are very tough about touching tickets booked from accounts registered in other countries.
Yes they did and they needed the account holders CC to charge the standard tax for the ticket which they charged in hong kong dollars. They wanted me to wait for American office to issue told them flight is before office opens. So that might have been the trick. The number I called was 86-400-881-0207 option 4

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #549 on: June 13, 2013, 01:58:29 AM »
Wouldn't be the same if he credits them all to AA?
No.
If he wants ba elite status if he credited those 3 rt with ba he is good to go.
With aa he would be aa gold which is nothing compared to ba gold (ba gold = one world emerald aa executive platinum = one world emerald)

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #550 on: June 13, 2013, 02:03:06 AM »
Anyone ever book a ticket with BA get confirmation.  And then realize the points were never deducted and AA website the record locater shows the reservation but says Status Unknown.
I have had it happen to me a few times.
I have a ticket booked with ba flying EI and they didn't deduct the points yet I booked it a month ago

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #551 on: June 13, 2013, 02:24:44 PM »
Made a big mistake,

Listed a passenger as a male rather than a female.

What should I do? do i need to cancel?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #552 on: June 13, 2013, 02:26:04 PM »
Made a big mistake,

Listed a passenger as a male rather than a female.

What should I do? do i need to cancel?
I think you'll be fine.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #553 on: June 13, 2013, 02:33:15 PM »
Made a big mistake,

Listed a passenger as a male rather than a female.

What should I do? do i need to cancel?
Don't sweat it.
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #554 on: June 13, 2013, 02:35:46 PM »
Made a big mistake,

Listed a passenger as a male rather than a female.

What should I do? do i need to cancel?

They'll fix it at checkin.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #555 on: June 13, 2013, 02:37:33 PM »
Thanks,

Actually called AA and they switched it over the phone. pretty simple

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #556 on: June 14, 2013, 08:27:23 AM »
It definitely isn't the correct thread!
You won't get status with ba if you credit the flight to aa.
But if you credit to ba all 3 rt flights you should be gold by now.

agreed it isnt the correct one one, where is EMES ??
it's on;y two rt flights would that still get me BA gold ?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #557 on: June 16, 2013, 09:57:05 AM »
If my flight is a direct flight but still makes a stop, (drop a few pax, pick up new pax, but I'm not changing aircraft,) is it considered one or two segments for the purpose of avios redemption?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #558 on: June 16, 2013, 10:10:46 AM »
If my flight is a direct flight but still makes a stop, (drop a few pax, pick up new pax, but I'm not changing aircraft,) is it considered one or two segments for the purpose of avios redemption?
I believe JFK-YVR-HKG what's the plane stops isn't considered a stop for BA
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #559 on: June 16, 2013, 10:12:57 AM »
If my flight is a direct flight but still makes a stop, (drop a few pax, pick up new pax, but I'm not changing aircraft,) is it considered one or two segments for the purpose of avios redemption?
Same flight # is a single flight.
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