I have a flight tomorrow and have just checked in. I’ve been sent an email suggesting that people may need to check in their bag.
However, I only have the one bag which contains my laptop and all my clothes. It all fits in a rucksack that’s bigger than the personal laptop size but within the limits of the normal cabin bag size
Do you think they’ll ask for my rucksack to go through into the hold?
I posted a few days ago trying to estimate tier points for an upcoming trip booked via a 3rd party with mixed cabin class;
LHR-PHX fully flex premium economy (W selling class)
PHX-LHR business class (D selling class)
$7920 fare (exc taxes)
i managed to get BA on the phone and they said I'll only receive just under 5k tier points for this trip.
How are they calculating this? I'd expect ~$8k to roughly equal £6k, which should be 6k points, then the cabin bonuses on top. They refused to explain it on the call. I want to make sure I understand so I can make better booking choices next time. Any ideas how/why they use different tier point allocation rules?
Just flown CW to Miami and the renovated BA lounge is amazing. Huge space, cocktail bar, really nice decor and the food was awesome - melt-in-your-mouth beef, roasted fish, nice salads with avocado and cured meats, fresh dips.
Made me realise how distinctly average the T5 offering is by comparison. I gather it was an expensive project but it just shows that BA does know how to pull it out of the bag (it just mostly chooses not to). I’ll park the meagre drink service on a 9 hour flight and the old CW cabins on this occasion.
I’ve never flown British Airways before so I’m not sure what to expect. Ive seen a lot of videos online about TSA and airlines being crazy lately but also not sure how accurate it is. has anyone flown from BA at IAH recently that can shed some light?
The tier point collection year ended and I was short of Silver. I contacted BA, and a customer service rep reviewed my account, calculated that I needed exactly 621 more tier points, and granted me a two-week written extension to April 14th to earn them, because they had forgotten to credit some of my flights (as I mentioned in previous reddit thread about earning the remains TP).
I earned 640 tier points by April 9th comfortably within the extension window.
BA has now denied my Silver upgrade twice, both times quoting my April 1st balance of 4,581, which is an incomplete amount.
That balance excluded several flights that were never properly credited (34 + 1,450 + 186 + 628 TPs).
Their own rep had already accounted for these when calculating the 621 gap. So they’re essentially ignoring their own math and their own written commitment.
I’ve cited the extension email directly in my appeal, and their response didn’t address it at all. I keep getting the same generic response. Every line I call keeps saying they can’t help me besides starting a new claim, where I keep running into the same problem.
What’s the best way to actually get this resolved? Is there a specific contact, escalation path, or anything else that’s worked for you?
TLDR: BA granted me a written extension to earn Silver, hit the target, now they’re contradicting their own math to deny it
Flying to Cancun on BA2203 with family (including mother) which I believe is a 777 old style layout of CW. Mother has a CPAP machine which i know she is fine to bring on board, but i'm finding it difficult determining if there will be a plug socket to plug it into in her seat.
Whats the best way of figuring this out as we'll need to buy a battery pack if there isn't power available in the seat?
Worst airline website I have ever used by far.
I booked a BA Holiday package with a flight, hotel and car rental. Price £1107. Completed trip on April 14th. On April 15 received 75 “extra” tier points for the flight. I called on April 20th because I had a separate issue with the car rental, and while chatting, asked about the tier points for the holiday package. I am of the belief that I should receive £ for £ spent on the holiday package in tier points and Avios (not focused on the Avios, but really want those tier points!) . I was told to wait longer on the holiday package points. But then this morning 1107 Avios appeared in my account for the holiday package - but no tier points.
Is this BA “normal” ?
Is it possible to upgrade with Avios one leg only one a multi city booking?
I have a JFK-LHR-HKG round trip booked on WTP fare code T.
There’s conflicting opinion here and elsewhere about the impact of new Tiers on Gold and Silver renewal and whether that means busier Business lounges. My view is that there’ll be overall fewer Silver which should mean fewer prop in the lounges. With that in mind; anyone here losing Silver/Gold next week?
Good afternoon. I bought tickets on Capital One via points, basic economy, DEN-LHR. I'm seeing on the app that I can't upgrade that ticket. Is there anyway around this? If not, is it worth it to upgrade either to exit row or select my seat? Thanks in advance, have never flown BA before.
Hello everyone,
I am planning to book a standby ticket for LHR-PHX in late May (the flight departing at 16:10) and was wondering if anyone knows how full this flight usually is and thus how likely I am to make it onboard.
Thanks in advance!
Hi all
Flew this route the other day as part of the return leg of a Companion Voucher trip to San Francisco, and wanted to share a short review.
We flew out in PE as there was no space in CW when we booked. It was pretty nice and the food was excellent (some sort of slow cooked lamb). The only minor gripes were: 1) they didn't do any drinks service after dinner until the morning (of course we just asked the stewards and was fine) and 2) the access to the toilet was a bit odd, having to go back into the Economy cabin through the curtain.
The flight back was in CW and we had booked 52K, 53J and 53K to make sure we were only climbing over people we knew at any point. Thank god we did - this yin-yang layout is completely and utterly baffling. How did it ever get signed off? It's so awkward to be facing a stranger at take off/landing. And the cabin crew really struggle to pass you anything if you're in the window seat. Oh and yeah, just go ahead and climb over that random sleeping person when you go to the loo, trying your best not to kick them in the process. Definitely the stupidest layout I've ever experienced.
Other than that I preferred the food in PE but I maybe chose the wrong dish. Service was great though so no issues with that.
To sum up - it was worth it as it was effectively "free" with CV and Avios. But I'd avoid the yin-yang cabin if I was paying with my own money.
As title says best site for finding reward flight availability nowadays? Got close to 900k Avios and a couple companion vouchers so want to maximise value
TIA
We will be arriving to LHR from the US in Club World so I assume we have access to the BA arrivals lounge in T5. *HOWEVER, we believe we will be connecting to a flight leaving out of T4. We will have luggage that we may need to collect, or that will hopefully be tagged through since it will be BA all the way (Vueling operated on BA metal).
If we don't need to collect our luggage, any suggestions for lounges at LHR that we can access since it doesn't make sense to clear customs just for the arrivals lounge (or maybe it does)?
As noted, we will be coming in on BA Club World but departing economy. We have Amex Platinum (Centurion Lounge), Chase Sapphire Reserve, and Priority Pass lounge access. Can we go to other terminals for the lounge? Looks like we have to clear security between terminals. We may have 7 hours to kill before our connection. Unless things go swimmingly and Vueling allows us to fly standby on a flight departing 2.5 hours after arriving.
I am about book tickets from Pisa (IT) to NYC via Heathrow. I found tickets for a very good price and they have 1h20m layover on the outbound journey and 1h15m on the way back. It’s very tempting as I hate waiting in the airports but I also understand it might be very tight with a long haul flight. Any advice on this? Should I try my luck? What are the chances of missing my flight in either leg of the journey?
I booked a flight to Spain from PDX. I booked through Iberia but it’s being operated by British airways. I want to upgrade to premium economy but when I called British airways to do so, they told me to call Iberia. Iberia then told me they can’t do anything till 24 hours before or I can upgrade when I get to the airport. I really don’t want to do that, and just want to buy the upgrade now. Has anyone had this issue or have any advice?