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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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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 #900 on: October 05, 2013, 11:57:37 PM »
Cancel on Ba.com

No. On BA.com
24 hours

In the past IIRC I have canceled on AA.com. Does that make sense?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #901 on: October 06, 2013, 12:04:15 AM »
In the past IIRC I have canceled on AA.com. Does that make sense?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #902 on: October 10, 2013, 11:52:52 PM »
Booked a AA ticket on BA I got the Confirmation email and it says

If your itinerary includes an American Airlines flight, we recommend you contact us to pre-assign seats.
 

Do I really have to contact them?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #903 on: October 11, 2013, 12:10:11 AM »
And when trying to select seats on AA.com it says "The number of seats available to pre-reserve are fewer than the number of people in your party. Please check back later or see a Ticket Counter or Gate Agent on the day of your flight." Is this normal Procedure?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #904 on: October 11, 2013, 02:26:43 AM »
And when trying to select seats on AA.com it says "The number of seats available to pre-reserve are fewer than the number of people in your party. Please check back later or see a Ticket Counter or Gate Agent on the day of your flight." Is this normal Procedure?

yes. AA doesn't release all seats, they keep some reserved for their elites to be able to choose. You have a seat, you just can't choose it
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #905 on: October 11, 2013, 08:47:27 AM »
Or just PUTPAC AA
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #906 on: October 11, 2013, 01:42:57 PM »
has anybody got the extra 25k avios for spending $10,000?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #907 on: October 11, 2013, 01:48:39 PM »
just read Dans post of how to get aa benefits on a ba booking, was wondering why the finnair step was necessary why cant you go directly to checkmytrip.com?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #908 on: October 11, 2013, 01:55:35 PM »
just read Dans post of how to get aa benefits on a ba booking, was wondering why the finnair step was necessary why cant you go directly to checkmytrip.com?
Dan answered this question to at least 10 people in the comments.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #909 on: October 11, 2013, 02:00:48 PM »
And if you read his Most recent post about BA you don't even need checkmytrip  :)
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #910 on: October 13, 2013, 01:06:19 PM »
I just signed up for BA card (50k offer) and have 30k+ Spg and 60k UR.
My question is do u think its worth it to transfer Spg to BA with the 25% promotion they are running (ending October 15) I hope to fly a lot in the future but not sure if bits etter to keep as Spg for now....or convert to BA because of the current offer....not sure where I'm flying currently but I'm assuming probably domestic.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #911 on: October 13, 2013, 01:21:37 PM »
I just signed up for BA card (50k offer) and have 30k+ Spg and 60k UR.
My question is do u think its worth it to transfer Spg to BA with the 25% promotion they are running (ending October 15) I hope to fly a lot in the future but not sure if bits etter to keep as Spg for now....or convert to BA because of the current offer....not sure where I'm flying currently but I'm assuming probably domestic.
TIA
BA works well for domestic AA routes.  SPG is for upscale hotels.  If you don't intend to use starwoods hotels, you won't be getting the best value for your spg. While using spg to get actual flights, perhaps expensive ones, has more value to you. Their sell price is much higher than BA avios, though.
How often does this promotion run?  Perhaps wait until next time and use your BA card bonus up first.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #912 on: October 13, 2013, 09:03:04 PM »
This is my first time booking a flight with points. I have 100k amex gold points. I opened an avios account.

My first question is how do i transfer the points into miles? (I believe i need 25k miles for a round trip to vegas).

Any other help for a beginner would be appreciated! Thanks

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #913 on: October 13, 2013, 09:37:21 PM »
has anybody got the extra 25k avios for spending $10,000?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #914 on: October 13, 2013, 11:18:12 PM »
has anybody got the extra 25k avios for spending $10,000?
I missed your question, but you answered yourself in 2 days.
I am quite pleased to say that my card signup bonus was 50K for 1K in spending, an additional 25K with 10K spending and a third 25K avios for a second 10K in spending.   I spent the required 20K and got the 100K avios!  Then, to top it all off, I spent an additional 10K to reach the 30K spending in one year that earns me a companion pass!  Unfortunately the BA companion pass is almost worth less, but I feel good I reached the goal.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #915 on: October 14, 2013, 01:06:23 AM »
Why is the companion pass worthless?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #916 on: October 14, 2013, 01:18:35 AM »
Why is the companion pass worthless?
Only good on BA flights (not partners) originating in USA .  The companion pays fuel charges (very large on BA going USA to Europe).
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #917 on: October 14, 2013, 01:49:56 AM »
I missed your question, but you answered yourself in 2 days.
I am quite pleased to say that my card signup bonus was 50K for 1K in spending, an additional 25K with 10K spending and a third 25K avios for a second 10K in spending.   I spent the required 20K and got the 100K avios!  Then, to top it all off, I spent an additional 10K to reach the 30K spending in one year that earns me a companion pass!  Unfortunately the BA companion pass is almost worth less, but I feel good I reached the goal.

Is there a 25k bonus for the current promotion?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #918 on: October 14, 2013, 08:57:15 AM »
Is there a 25k bonus for the current promotion?
Unfortunately,  no.
For now they're waving the first annual fee, though.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #919 on: October 14, 2013, 02:44:57 PM »
Can someone please tell me how do I check/book on Air Berlin using BA points with no surcharges to TLV ? thanks