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Need to contact BA right now
« on: May 24, 2012, 12:09:25 AM »
im trying to book an avios ticket for a flight in 12 hours. when i call BA they are closed. Any way to get through to them? (and its not showing up online even when moving the dates back and forth)

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2012, 12:10:06 AM »
im trying to book an avios ticket for a flight in 12 hours. when i call BA they are closed. Any way to get through to them? (and its not showing up online even when moving the dates back and forth)
dates and cities?

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2012, 12:27:18 AM »
5/24 ewr-mia (saw that flight on aa.com but would rather diff airport)

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2012, 12:42:11 AM »
im trying to book an avios ticket for a flight in 12 hours. when i call BA they are closed. Any way to get through to them? (and its not showing up online even when moving the dates back and forth)
I have had this before I do not think there is any way though I would be happy if I was wrong.

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #4 on: May 24, 2012, 12:59:14 AM »
Call the ba desk in isreal

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #5 on: May 24, 2012, 01:05:30 AM »
Call the ba desk in isreal
they dont open for another hour i think. have you tried something like this before

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #6 on: May 24, 2012, 01:08:48 AM »
they dont open for another hour i think. have you tried something like this before
I had to change a ticket once and changed my primary address to an Israeli address and then called but wouldn't recommend

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #7 on: May 24, 2012, 01:14:52 AM »
I had to change a ticket once and changed my primary address to an Israeli address and then called but wouldn't recommend
y not

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #8 on: May 24, 2012, 01:17:35 AM »
Frankly its a pain in the.. ..

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #9 on: May 24, 2012, 04:18:22 AM »
Call the ba desk in isreal
you an call the BA desk in other locations that it is open -- like thailand, china etc..

but interesting note on these other locations; i called the US 800 number and they gave me one quote and i called an international location and they gave me a much higher rate.

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2012, 05:06:26 AM »
Been discussed multiple times.
You can only use the CS of the country where the BA acct is registered AT THE TIME OF BOOKING, so if u already have a reservation changing your address won't (officially) help.

Taxes are different based on which country the acct is registered. It appears US is always the cheapest.

You can only change the address once every 6 months.
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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #11 on: May 24, 2012, 09:23:50 AM »
im trying to book an avios ticket for a flight in 12 hours. when i call BA they are closed. Any way to get through to them? (and its not showing up online even when moving the dates back and forth)
I've yet to be stumped in 8 pages of challenges for an AA flight here:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=14911
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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #12 on: May 24, 2012, 11:36:43 AM »
I've yet to be stumped in 8 pages of challenges for an AA flight here:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=14911
doesnt help for contacting them after hours. oh well. i booked for friday morning instead

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #13 on: May 24, 2012, 11:49:05 AM »
doesnt help for contacting them after hours. oh well. i booked for friday morning instead
Why the need to contact was my point.
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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #14 on: May 24, 2012, 01:57:48 PM »
Why the need to contact was my point.
the flight was for that day, 12 hours later. i couldnt get it to appear no matter how many times i went back and forth

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #15 on: May 24, 2012, 02:08:00 PM »
the flight was for that day, 12 hours later. i couldnt get it to appear no matter how many times i went back and forth
I've yet to be stumped in 8 pages of challenges for an AA flight here:
http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=14911

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #16 on: May 24, 2012, 02:46:26 PM »
im trying to book an avios ticket for a flight in 12 hours. when i call BA they are closed. Any way to get through to them? (and its not showing up online even when moving the dates back and forth)
you might want to try logging in (via proxy) from an IP located west of midnight. has helped me before on award bookings on other airlines.

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #17 on: May 24, 2012, 02:54:32 PM »
you might want to try logging in (via proxy) from an IP located west of midnight. has helped me before on award bookings on other airlines.
I don't get it.  I've made same day ressies with BA before?
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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #18 on: May 24, 2012, 03:43:41 PM »
I don't get it.  I've made same day ressies with BA before?
is OP possibly in a time zone where it's the next day already? he posted just after midnight (here?)

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Re: Need to contact BA right now
« Reply #19 on: May 24, 2012, 04:26:29 PM »
is OP possibly in a time zone where it's the next day already? he posted just after midnight (here?)
im in NY. it was a NY flight