Author Topic: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread  (Read 177364 times)

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #900 on: August 05, 2015, 10:06:58 AM »
Is anyone able to book domestic AA flights on BA.com or on phone?  Plenty of Saver availability on AA.com, nothing on BA.com and phone agents cannot find anything (called twice). Even gave them exact flight numbers - nothing.

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #901 on: August 09, 2015, 01:55:55 AM »
I'm real new at this search on BA website... Why am I getting 128,000 avoids needed for one ticket from nyc to phx? According to Dan it should be 12.5k each way? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks all

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #902 on: August 09, 2015, 02:12:24 AM »
I'm real new at this search on BA website... Why am I getting 128,000 avoids needed for one ticket from nyc to phx? According to Dan it should be 12.5k each way? Am I doing something wrong? Thanks all
I'm showing 12.5k

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #903 on: August 09, 2015, 02:14:14 AM »
On BA website? And searching under flights?

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #904 on: August 09, 2015, 02:18:28 AM »

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #905 on: August 09, 2015, 02:27:28 AM »

I'm on mobile, I just searched for nyc-phx one way for Aug 26 and it came up as 12.5k avios

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #906 on: August 09, 2015, 02:28:34 AM »
Should I search it one way instead of round trip?

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #907 on: August 09, 2015, 02:28:40 AM »

This is just showing us half a story, please post a pic of flight selection as well.

Let me guess, it's for 2 people RT in business and with a connection.

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #908 on: August 09, 2015, 02:59:01 AM »
I think I clicked on first class! Rookie mistake. If American shows availability but BA doesn't I can call to book it?

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #909 on: August 09, 2015, 03:00:31 AM »
I think I clicked on first class! Rookie mistake. If American shows availability but BA doesn't I can call to book it?
Bingo.

If AA shows saver availability, it should be bookable over the phone.

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #910 on: August 09, 2015, 03:01:01 AM »
Ok thanks!!!

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #911 on: August 26, 2015, 10:48:39 AM »
BA shows 7+ award seats on 2 different LAN flights, but AA can't find even 1 on any of them >:(

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #912 on: August 26, 2015, 10:48:57 AM »
PUTPAC
Save your time, I don't answer PM. Post it in the forum and a dedicated DDF'er will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #913 on: August 26, 2015, 11:08:45 AM »
PUTPAC
I know that much. The above statement was after PUTPAC + HUCA.

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #914 on: August 27, 2015, 10:06:40 AM »
I know that much. The above statement was after PUTPAC + HUCA.
After a couple of more HUCA's I finally got to a competent rep that noticed something wrong (she said something about the flights only coming up under TAM and not under LAN). Waited 1/2 an hour on hold while she looked into it and she came back saying that it's an issue that has been reported (something along the lines of LAN Argentina not having released award inventory within SA to AA) and that they're working on it.  :-\

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #915 on: October 07, 2015, 01:11:43 PM »
anyone here having issues searching awards on BA website been getting an error the past week

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #916 on: October 07, 2015, 01:14:25 PM »
Yes. You have to select by passenger a number as it now has 0 passengers has its preset.

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #917 on: October 07, 2015, 01:32:18 PM »
Its been showing me AA phantom availability recently
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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #918 on: October 07, 2015, 05:06:00 PM »
anyone here having issues searching awards on BA website been getting an error the past week
Has the same issue

Felt like a klotz when i figured out why!

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Re: BA.com Award Search Help Master Thread
« Reply #919 on: December 16, 2015, 07:16:25 AM »
i cant access BA, anyone else?