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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 #1000 on: December 05, 2013, 11:52:36 AM »
you can go to qantas.au, and change it there. Just enter your BA confirmation # and last name

Hard Coded on Qantas as well, no option to change

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1001 on: December 05, 2013, 01:41:41 PM »
Anyone have experience with luggage on a AS flight booked with Avios?

It works perfectly. 3 pieces per person.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1002 on: December 05, 2013, 01:50:37 PM »
It works perfectly. 3 pieces per person.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1003 on: December 08, 2013, 11:25:10 AM »
Anyone know the policy- if i am scheduled for a later domestic flight and I am finished with my meeting earlier- can I take the earlier flight assuming there is room? is there a charge?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1004 on: December 08, 2013, 11:28:52 AM »
in the airport i have had luck going standby for no additional fees. YMMV.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1005 on: December 08, 2013, 11:38:49 AM »
in the airport i have had luck going standby for no additional fees. YMMV.
Thanks! that is just annoying bec it means I would have to return a car early and then if it dosent work out then I would have ot wait in the airport for a extra 4 hours as oppose to not being bound to that. Oh well

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1006 on: December 08, 2013, 11:59:57 AM »
if its an empty flight cant imagine they would give you a hard time if there is more than enough time to catch the flight...but again YMMV. 
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1007 on: December 08, 2013, 12:00:56 PM »
forgot to mention that on the phone they will always say there is an additional fee but in the airport they dont care and dont charge.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1008 on: December 08, 2013, 01:05:16 PM »
does anyone have issues reaching executive club @ 800-452-1201? i get a busy signal
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1009 on: December 08, 2013, 01:10:08 PM »
worked for me
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1010 on: December 08, 2013, 01:10:36 PM »
sometimes you have to dial 1 before the number.
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« Reply #1011 on: December 08, 2013, 01:12:02 PM »
no luck
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1012 on: December 08, 2013, 02:14:46 PM »
tried 2 of my phones no luck, tried a friends phone and it works
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1013 on: December 08, 2013, 02:35:53 PM »
maybe you got yourself onto their no call list....
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1014 on: December 08, 2013, 02:41:14 PM »
maybe you got yourself onto their no call list....
does such a thing exist?
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« Reply #1015 on: December 08, 2013, 11:41:26 PM »
Thanks! that is just annoying bec it means I would have to return a car early and then if it dosent work out then I would have ot wait in the airport for a extra 4 hours as oppose to not being bound to that. Oh well
what happened in the end? did you get onto the earlier flight?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1016 on: December 09, 2013, 08:23:21 AM »
what happened in the end? did you get onto the earlier flight?
I was asking for tuesday. I will keep u posted.

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« Reply #1017 on: December 09, 2013, 11:35:43 AM »
ok. thanx.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1018 on: December 10, 2013, 01:35:33 PM »
Is there a way of canceling Avios award ticket on AA online if its still less than 24 hours since it was booked or you have to do it via phone?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1019 on: December 10, 2013, 03:17:40 PM »
Is there a way of canceling Avios award ticket on AA online if its still less than 24 hours since it was booked or you have to do it via phone?

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