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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 #700 on: July 17, 2013, 02:44:36 PM »
Check saver availability on Alaska and then PUTPAC BA.
thanks I didnt realize you can book alaskan on avios. btw this is for trip from ny booked on jetblue deal. thanks for the deal!
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #701 on: July 17, 2013, 02:47:45 PM »
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 #702 on: July 17, 2013, 09:19:21 PM »
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Going to YYZ on Fri with an infant.

When AA asks me by online check in... "Is anyone in this reservation travelling with an infant?" Can I click NO so that I can go ahead with the check in and still add the baby at the airport once I already have my boarding pass in hand?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #703 on: July 17, 2013, 09:43:33 PM »
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Going to YYZ on Fri with an infant.

When AA asks me by online check in... "Is anyone in this reservation travelling with an infant?" Can I click NO so that I can go ahead with the check in and still add the baby at the airport once I already have my boarding pass in hand?
Much better off adding infant in advance over the phone. For some reason it's complicated for this route. I've nearly missed my flight
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #704 on: July 17, 2013, 09:51:28 PM »
Much better off adding infant in advance over the phone. For some reason it's complicated for this route. I've nearly missed my flight
thats because its international, and you need to pay the taxes, versus domestic where you don't. Add it over the phone and save yourself the headache
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #705 on: July 17, 2013, 11:10:58 PM »
thats because its international, and you need to pay the taxes, versus domestic where you don't. Add it over the phone and save yourself the headache
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I didn't realize that you can add iver the phone. do I add with AA or BA

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« Reply #706 on: July 17, 2013, 11:12:20 PM »
thats because its international, and you need to pay the taxes, versus domestic where you don't. Add it over the phone and save yourself the headache
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I didn't realize that you can add iver the phone. do I add with AA or BA
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #707 on: July 17, 2013, 11:57:09 PM »
Called HKG office to issue tickets, assuming it was a DOB issue.

HKG office said (i) I needed to call US office to issue tickets, and (ii) I needed to provide them with DOB, passport # and passport expiry??
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #708 on: July 18, 2013, 12:53:12 AM »
Called HKG office to issue tickets, assuming it was a DOB issue.

HKG office said (i) I needed to call US office to issue tickets, and (ii) I needed to provide them with DOB, passport # and passport expiry??
Whens the ticket for?

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« Reply #709 on: July 18, 2013, 01:07:56 AM »
A few weeks.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #710 on: July 18, 2013, 01:49:36 AM »
A few weeks.
What's the rush to call HKG. Just call the American Dept. tomorrow.

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« Reply #711 on: July 18, 2013, 02:12:08 AM »
Always seem to miss them during the day.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #712 on: July 18, 2013, 02:12:47 AM »
Always seem to miss them during the day.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #713 on: July 18, 2013, 12:57:50 PM »
Much better off adding infant in advance over the phone. For some reason it's complicated for this route. I've nearly missed my flight

So I called AA and they actually added the infant FREE OF CHARGE. But they also said that because there is an infant on the reservation...I can't check in online?

Anyway around this???

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« Reply #714 on: July 18, 2013, 06:28:51 PM »
So I called AA and they actually added the infant FREE OF CHARGE. But they also said that because there is an infant on the reservation...I can't check in online?

Anyway around this???
I would be very wary. Call back to confirm the infant.
What's the difference, just check in at an airport kiosk?
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« Reply #715 on: July 18, 2013, 07:11:41 PM »
Just got off the phone with BA. Again a DOB issue  ::)

Anyway, they know about the ticketing issue. They've been having a problem with all partner bookings for the last two weeks, and have "escalated it to the highest levels to be addressed."

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« Reply #716 on: July 18, 2013, 07:48:59 PM »
Just got off the phone with BA. Again a DOB issue  ::)

Anyway, they know about the ticketing issue. They've been having a problem with all partner bookings for the last two weeks, and have "escalated it to the highest levels to be addressed."
I think they told me that X weeks ago......

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #717 on: July 18, 2013, 09:59:46 PM »
I would be very wary. Call back to confirm the infant.
What's the difference, just check in at an airport kiosk?

The difference is a big difference of when you have to arrive to the airport.

Bottom line question is...

Has anyone figured out a way to check in an infant online???

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #718 on: July 18, 2013, 10:05:28 PM »
The difference is a big difference of when you have to arrive to the airport.

Bottom line question is...

Has anyone figured out a way to check in an infant online???
you can't, unless you pay for an infant ticket
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #719 on: July 18, 2013, 10:19:57 PM »
The difference is a big difference of when you have to arrive to the airport.

Bottom line question is...

Has anyone figured out a way to check in an infant online???
No difference as to when you have to arrive at the airport. I've flown this route five times rt in the last six months. Show up 35 minutes before departure. Check in in seconds. Walk up to gate. Unless your infants not really added which I suspect it's not
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