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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 #1660 on: April 04, 2014, 07:03:36 AM »
ugh but not avios to avios  :/  im short 11k points and i should be getting them this month from sapphire. i already booked one flight and the connecting flights have 2 seats left and i cant HOLD it..... i dont want to lose this flight. what should i do?
Call chase and see if they can expedite

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1661 on: April 04, 2014, 09:04:58 AM »
Call chase and see if they can expedite
Chase doesn't expedite points (unlike AmEx) unless it's after the statement closed.
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1662 on: April 04, 2014, 09:33:32 AM »
Chase doesn't expedite points (unlike AmEx) unless it's after the statement closed.
So I think he has just this option
 
You could combine both of your accounts by opening a household account.

(Side note: the only problem with a household account is that you can't buy a ticket for anyone else beside whoever is on the combined account also max. 5 PPl allowed.

You could always unlink it.)

Beside the fact that is it says there are 2 seats left it doesn't mean that.

I had it a few times that it said on ba only x seats left and after I booked it went up.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1663 on: April 04, 2014, 10:24:36 AM »
No, was asking if he could refund maybe.
Oh, he had already flown
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1664 on: April 04, 2014, 10:42:45 AM »
I have some miles expiring at the end of the month. Anyway to extend the expiration?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1665 on: April 04, 2014, 11:09:31 AM »

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1666 on: April 04, 2014, 11:49:14 AM »
I have a avios ticket on AA fro YUL to NYC at 5:50pm,  will they allow me at the airport to get on an earlier flight?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1667 on: April 04, 2014, 11:52:12 AM »
I have a avios ticket on AA fro YUL to NYC at 5:50pm,  will they allow me at the airport to get on an earlier flight?
Possibly. They can charge you a $75 fee to go standby. You'll have more luck of them doing it for free if you can get into the lounge
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1668 on: April 04, 2014, 12:00:34 PM »
I have some miles expiring at the end of the month. Anyway to extend the expiration?
Book a 4.5K flight and then cancel it a day later for a $2.50 fee?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1669 on: April 04, 2014, 12:39:33 PM »
Possibly. They can charge you a $75 fee to go standby. You'll have more luck of them doing it for free if you can get into the lounge
does AA have their own lounge at YUL?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1670 on: April 04, 2014, 12:41:20 PM »
does AA have their own lounge at YUL?
It would appear not
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1671 on: April 04, 2014, 03:24:49 PM »
I have a avios ticket on AA fro YUL to NYC at 5:50pm,  will they allow me at the airport to get on an earlier flight?
usually if there's space they will let you up on a earlier flight

Beg the chekin agent that u must be in NY earlier.

Sometimes they will be tough and not allow u unless u pay $75 fee

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1672 on: April 05, 2014, 11:36:32 PM »
DDMS "If you have a lap child and are flying within the US or Canada do not mention them when booking a ticket on BA.com.  You can add them for free at the airport. There may be some small fees for Canada travel but you’ll be better off dealing with it at the airport than booking it on BA.com"

Flying round-trip YYZ-LGA
The total charge I see when adding the infant on BA.com is 900 Avios + $17.50 round-trip, will it be cheaper when adding at the airport?

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1673 on: April 06, 2014, 12:58:49 AM »
usually if there's space they will let you up on a earlier flight

Beg the chekin agent that u must be in NY earlier.

Sometimes they will be tough and not allow u unless u pay $75 fee
Don't rely that though. My sis was turned down by the check-in and gate agents

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1674 on: April 06, 2014, 01:03:40 AM »
how can my friend send me avios points?

Call a broker and ask for them to transfer into your account from mr

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1675 on: April 06, 2014, 01:29:43 AM »
DDMS "If you have a lap child and are flying within the US or Canada do not mention them when booking a ticket on BA.com.  You can add them for free at the airport. There may be some small fees for Canada travel but you’ll be better off dealing with it at the airport than booking it on BA.com"

Flying round-trip YYZ-LGA
The total charge I see when adding the infant on BA.com is 900 Avios + $17.50 round-trip, will it be cheaper when adding at the airport?
you won't need to use 900 Avios.

At the airport they'll only ask u to pay the 17.50
You can even add the infant if u call AA if u wanna save ur time at the airport.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1676 on: April 06, 2014, 02:03:55 AM »
you won't need to use 900 Avios.

At the airport they'll only ask u to pay the 17.50
You can even add the infant if u call AA if u wanna save ur time at the airport.
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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1677 on: April 06, 2014, 03:59:26 AM »
If there's no economy availability, is there a chance of more seats opening closer to departure date?
(Avois on AA)

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1678 on: April 06, 2014, 04:04:01 AM »
If there's no economy availability, is there a chance of more seats opening closer to departure date?
(Avois on AA)
Unless I misread your question - Of course there is.

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Re: BA Avios question(s)
« Reply #1679 on: April 06, 2014, 04:15:54 AM »
Unless I misread your question - Of course there is.
I mean -  what's the chance?

Does it usually happen?