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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 #1340 on: February 11, 2014, 12:52:41 AM »
FLIGHTS WITHIN AND BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS, PUERTO RICO AND CANADA
(funny, I cut it out of my last cut/paste post)
You need info on another route?
Thanks very much.
No, this route.
Just are you sure (,I couldn't seem to find it,) that this also applies to flights booked through BA?
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1341 on: February 11, 2014, 01:11:43 AM »
Yes. Why did you quote AsherO??? Or was it a system error...
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1342 on: February 11, 2014, 01:11:50 AM »
Thanks very much.
No, this route.
Just are you sure (,I couldn't seem to find it,) that this also applies to flights booked through BA?
It does
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1343 on: February 11, 2014, 01:17:27 AM »
Yes. Why did you quote AsherO??? Or was it a system error...
Thanks and I didn't think I did...

It does
Thanks
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1344 on: February 11, 2014, 02:37:25 AM »
Thanks very much.
Just are you sure (,I couldn't seem to find it,) that this also applies to flights booked through BA?
I booked a flight for someone within the US on AA with BA miles, and they got a free bag.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1345 on: February 11, 2014, 07:39:57 AM »
I booked a flight for someone within the US on AA with BA miles, and they got a free bag.
how long ago?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1346 on: February 11, 2014, 07:40:56 AM »
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1347 on: February 11, 2014, 07:43:44 AM »
Airport?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1348 on: February 11, 2014, 07:45:09 AM »
Depends on the check in agent.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1349 on: February 11, 2014, 11:07:36 AM »
made a reservation for 5 people , 2 want to cancel they want $40 a person to cancel is it a case of HUCA ?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1350 on: February 11, 2014, 12:29:33 PM »
made a reservation for 5 people , 2 want to cancel they want $40 a person to cancel is it a case of HUCA ?
See if you can get them to separate the reservation.  Get those 2 on a separate confirmation #. Then cancel those 2 on line.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1351 on: February 11, 2014, 12:37:17 PM »
See if you can get them to separate the reservation.  Get those 2 on a separate confirmation #. Then cancel those 2 on line.
What would that help? It's probably a YYZ/YUL-NYC etc... ticket and it's $40 to cancel.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1352 on: February 11, 2014, 12:37:28 PM »
See if you can get them to separate the reservation.  Get those 2 on a separate confirmation #. Then cancel those 2 on line.
just got off the phone with them after waiting 45 min and that's exactly what i did it was a  HUCA , thanks

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1353 on: February 11, 2014, 12:38:24 PM »
What would that help? It's probably a YYZ/YUL-NYC etc... ticket and it's $40 to cancel.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1354 on: February 11, 2014, 12:39:04 PM »
What would that help? It's probably a YYZ/YUL-NYC etc... ticket and it's $40 to cancel.
but usally i do fly yyz - nyc and never had a problem before

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1355 on: February 11, 2014, 12:42:26 PM »
That would be $40 regardless, I dont see where making it for a separete reservation would help... Unless you're in the 24 hours of booking, you don't have to separate the reservation.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1356 on: February 11, 2014, 12:45:37 PM »
I was of the understanding that when canceling on line, you only lose the taxes. domestic $2.50 (going TO Canada $2.50).  so if the reservations are separate he can cancel the whole thing.  I though the problem was that it wouldn't cancel only some of the pax on the confirmation.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1357 on: February 11, 2014, 03:18:04 PM »
NYC-MIA showing 3 options on AA.com but nothing on BA.COM on 2/20/14

What am I doing wrong?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1358 on: February 11, 2014, 03:21:44 PM »
NYC-MIA showing 3 options on AA.com but nothing on BA.COM on 2/20/14

What am I doing wrong?
Call them.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1359 on: February 11, 2014, 03:44:43 PM »
NYC-MIA showing 3 options on AA.com but nothing on BA.COM on 2/20/14

What am I doing wrong?
If calling doesn't work. A page or 2 ago someone was seeing a USairways flight on the AA site, but those don't show up on BA and can't be booked with avios until (after) march 31
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