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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 #680 on: July 16, 2013, 11:20:57 PM »
PEBKAC

Dan what do you mean by PEBKAC? I also tried a ton of dates and there is rarely availability. I am not sure if this is because the Avios search engine isn't great and i should be calling up an agent...

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #681 on: July 17, 2013, 12:07:17 AM »
I Just booked a 630 ticket with avios to ORD tomorrow morning. Can I be certain that the ticket will be issued? I got the reservation email but no email saying the ticket was issued yet, although its only been half an hour. (yes i did fill out the birthday).

BA office is closed 11-7


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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #682 on: July 17, 2013, 12:08:45 AM »
Check AA.com if its ticketed.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #683 on: July 17, 2013, 12:11:06 AM »
Status is unkown on AA

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #684 on: July 17, 2013, 12:12:31 AM »
Status is unkown on AA
It's not ticketed.

Call HKG.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #685 on: July 17, 2013, 12:14:02 AM »
I want to book an Avios flight for 8:10 AM tomorrow morning. What are the odds of me having to deal with this "not ticketed" garbage?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #686 on: July 17, 2013, 12:16:08 AM »
It's not ticketed.

Call HKG.

HKG? you have #?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #687 on: July 17, 2013, 12:17:57 AM »
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #688 on: July 17, 2013, 12:21:40 AM »
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #689 on: July 17, 2013, 01:04:30 AM »
I Just booked a 630 ticket with avios to ORD tomorrow morning. Can I be certain that the ticket will be issued? I got the reservation email but no email saying the ticket was issued yet, although its only been half an hour. (yes i did fill out the birthday).

BA office is closed 11-7

BA doesn't send a "ticketed" email like UA.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #690 on: July 17, 2013, 01:18:08 AM »
BA doesn't send a "ticketed" email like UA.

Incorrect. Ba sends an eticket email. To check the "ticketed" status of the flight, you need to go to AA and make sure the status is "ticketed" not "unknown".

Thanks to MEIR613 for his help! I called the London office, and they then issued the ticket. All good.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #691 on: July 17, 2013, 10:10:41 AM »
Incorrect. Ba sends an eticket email. To check the "ticketed" status of the flight, you need to go to AA and make sure the status is "ticketed" not "unknown".

Thanks to MEIR613 for his help! I called the London office, and they then issued the ticket. All good.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #692 on: July 17, 2013, 11:04:41 AM »
Just try to checkin on AA.com and you'll know.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #693 on: July 17, 2013, 11:05:10 AM »
Thanks. Apparently Finnair.com no longer has the Additional Details option. I tried on rj.com per the comments on your post, and it does allow me to change my BA # to my AA #, but when I try to save the info I get an error message "Please provide us with a birthdate. (1429)", even though there is nowhere on the page to enter a DOB. Any other ideas?

Also, if I'm flying with a wife and child, do I get 3 free bags?
Just did a Finnair change now.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #694 on: July 17, 2013, 11:05:56 AM »
Dan what do you mean by PEBKAC? I also tried a ton of dates and there is rarely availability. I am not sure if this is because the Avios search engine isn't great and i should be calling up an agent...
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #695 on: July 17, 2013, 12:03:12 PM »
Just booked a BA ticket, and it wasn't ticketed either. They told me that they have a problem with DOB's not going in correctly. Make sure if you book Avios that it's actually "ticketed" BA does not send a separate "ticketed" email like UA does, and the confirmation email means nothing.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #696 on: July 17, 2013, 01:16:05 PM »
Just did a Finnair change now.
Its not giving me that option. As you can see in my screenshot, the page I'm getting after entering My Booking looks completely different than the one you have in that post. (Clicking Additional Services just displays the passengers names, with no options of any sort.)

Do I need to create a Finnair user name and PW in order to do this? Otherwise I'll check back tomorrow, maybe it takes time to hit their system completely.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #697 on: July 17, 2013, 01:26:50 PM »
PM me your info and I'll take a look.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #698 on: July 17, 2013, 02:40:36 PM »
Im trying to find a short haul flight on BA from San Fran area to seattle. It seems aa doesnt fly from SFO to SEA. They only fly through partners. Are there any routes in that area that I can get with Avios? Thanks!
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #699 on: July 17, 2013, 02:42:55 PM »
Check saver availability on Alaska and then PUTPAC BA.
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