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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 #1040 on: December 17, 2013, 07:29:01 PM »
hmmm for some reason i see the tix i want on aa.com but it wont come up in BA.

Any advice? call?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1041 on: December 17, 2013, 07:30:59 PM »
hmmm for some reason i see the tix i want on aa.com but it wont come up in BA.

Any advice? call?

NY to Miami? 12/22-12/29? 2 pax?

If so, no such flights available.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1042 on: December 17, 2013, 07:31:21 PM »
IME, the page that BA shows is shorter than the page of AA sAAver awards, so if you're trying to book a flight later in the day (page) it won't be on the BA page.  So call BA and book.  Don't forget to have the phone fee waved because it wasn't available on line.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1043 on: December 17, 2013, 07:33:56 PM »
NY to Miami? 12/22-12/29? 2 pax?

If so, no such flights available.

i stand corrected... i think i see just the return avail for those dates. darn

any partner airlines that i can find tix on?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1044 on: December 17, 2013, 07:34:41 PM »
Even the return is not available.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1045 on: December 17, 2013, 07:45:17 PM »
Even the return is not available.

what am i doing wrong lol.....?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1047 on: December 17, 2013, 09:46:38 PM »
IME, the page that BA shows is shorter than the page of AA sAAver awards, so if you're trying to book a flight later in the day (page) it won't be on the BA page.  So call BA and book.  Don't forget to have the phone fee waved because it wasn't available on line.

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I just did this for a LGA-MIA this week. I had to HUCA twice because they said there was no availability even though it was showing up on AA.com. Once they found the flight I was looking for they wanted to charge me a $25 service fee for booking over the phone. I told the agent to speak to his supervisor and he waived it. When I called back 2 minutes later to book the return flight, I'm pretty sure I got the same agent and he didn't make me any more problems...

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1048 on: December 18, 2013, 06:04:37 AM »
But only a 12,500 AA can be found on ba, right? (meaning a 25K aa wont be bookable on BA for 4,500)

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1049 on: December 18, 2013, 06:27:56 AM »
But only a 12,500 AA can be found on ba, right? (meaning a 25K aa wont be bookable on BA for 4,500)
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1050 on: December 19, 2013, 01:14:13 PM »
Why isn't it worth it for AA to allow Avios to be booked on flights that are not 12.5

Why don't they just charge more avios for the more expensive flights?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1051 on: December 19, 2013, 08:19:42 PM »
Why isn't it worth it for AA to allow Avios to be booked on flights that are not 12.5

Why don't they just charge more avios for the more expensive flights?
I believe this is the way it works.... UA is the same, they don't open up saver award for partners even for more miles. (Basically the non saver awards are more like paying cash, its not really a award)
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1052 on: December 21, 2013, 07:25:05 PM »
Booked a flight on Friday, want to cancel now. Anyway around the $40 cancelation fee?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1053 on: December 21, 2013, 07:28:00 PM »
Booked a flight on Friday, want to cancel now. Anyway around the $40 cancelation fee?
Route? Taxes?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1054 on: December 21, 2013, 07:58:47 PM »
LGA/YUL/LGA taxes $55

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1055 on: December 25, 2013, 12:25:42 AM »
does anyone know if its worth it to fly to DUS and then take the train to CGN to TLV the taxes are slightly cheaper

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1056 on: December 25, 2013, 12:26:27 AM »
is it easy switch airports or is too complicated ?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1057 on: December 26, 2013, 02:32:08 PM »
Anyone getting an error when trying to log into their account?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1058 on: December 26, 2013, 02:36:07 PM »
Anyone getting an error when trying to log into their account?
I just tried.  I'm also getting an error message.
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« Reply #1059 on: December 26, 2013, 03:19:35 PM »
I just tried.  I'm also getting an error message.

Same here.