BA domestic Club Europe – book with Avios today, check existing flights

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• Will says:

  1 Mar1 March 13:22

  What a shambles.
  On the BA.com website, my 6 return flights are shown as cancelled with alternative flights of the same time, flight number and seats, which I guess, I need to confirm.
  SURELY there must’ve been an easier way of doing this??

• Derek says:

  1 Mar1 March 13:30

  Definitely looks like there are lots of teething problems. I’m booked EDI-LHR-HKG though BAH with First on longhaul and J-Class domestics. Depending on where you look, some pages show my original seat of 6F and some say I’m now in CE 1A. If I try to move 1A to 2A, the website says it can’t be don’t and to contact the Service Centre. More curious, I’m traveling alone but on this flight says I have 2 seats reserved (presumably New and Old).

  It appears remedial/ preparation work ahead of today hasn’t fully completed or worked. I’ve message BA on Twitter to have a look at it, rather than wait in long queues.

  This will definitely be a moving picture!

• trickster says:

  1 Mar1 March 13:41

  Looks to me like this has put up the cost of a CE RFS booking from the regions.

  Previously when looking at MAN > LHR > LIS it was coming out at Avios plus £255 each in CE.
  It’s now looking like £280.17 on the journey summary page, but then £300 when you click continue?!

  • John says:

    1 Mar1 March 18:49

    Huh, how are you getting £255 copay for BA shorthauls??

    The RFS fee for CE is £25 per segment, or less if the actual taxes and fees are less.

    BA doesn’t have carrier surcharges on short haul flights, so RFS fee should be £50. If you aren’t eligible for RFS, taxes are £26 and fees are £31.82.

    • Genghis says:

      1 Mar1 March 19:00

      Cash prices?

• Phil says:

  1 Mar1 March 14:10

  My booking all looks fine. Domestic leg of my journey shows my seats allocated to row 2 in CE and I can’t check in on the connection anyway because it’s in WT+.

  BA confirmed via a twitter message that I will have lounge access before my CE departures (subject, of course, to availability).

• john says:

  1 Mar1 March 14:12

  One other benefit is club europe baggage will now apply, so you get 2 pieces rather than one. The changes appear to be based on booking class..

  Original booking class: J, C, D, R, I, U => Economy to Club Europe
  Original booking class: B, H, K, M, L, V, N, Q, O, S, G, X => Euro Traveller. It seems that the original sector might be cancelled and new one added.

  Y class bookings will be converted to J and also be CE. Same with new sector.

  On redemptions, U is CE and X is ET

• Jack says:

  1 Mar1 March 14:20

  Hi, sorry for the off topic question, how often do we see an Amex rewards –> Avios transfer bonus? I’d like to cancel my gold card as the anniversary is still 6 months away (for the 10k additional points), but wouldn’t wanna miss out on a potential transfer bonus deal.

  Thanks!

  • the real harry1 says:

    1 Mar1 March 15:59

    short answer: never

    • Rob says:

      1 Mar1 March 16:26

      “these days”

      They used to be very common – and BA still runs them outside the UK. As Amex has stopped doing ANY bonuses for UK members I get a feeling Amex may be behind this.

      • the real harry1 says:

        1 Mar1 March 17:41

        yep Jack used current tense

        I reckon he could have used future tense as well & the answer will probably be the same

        • Jack says:

          2 Mar2 March 10:35

          Thank you guys, understood. I guess I’ll go ahead and transfer the points.

• Darren says:

  1 Mar1 March 15:05

  Avios redemption flights to/ from LHR-USA in Sept, travelling CW out and F back.

  My connecting domestic flights from BHD are showing as cancelled and then added again as new flights BUT I’m still in ET on both new domestic bookings.

  I’ll give it a few days to hopefully allow BA to get it all sorted and then contact BA if I haven’t been moved to CE.

  • Darren says:

    1 Mar1 March 15:19

    Just noticed… The app is showing CE… , But once you click through to the website (e.g. to select seat) it presents as ET.

  • Joe says:

    1 Mar1 March 18:21

    Why do you expect domestic CE?

    ET would be correct assignation.

    • Kinkell says:

      1 Mar1 March 22:55

      Well, as someone who books business class redemptions with 241 vouchers, why would I want. Economy restricting me with luggage and benefits that I am trading. Avios for? All my previous redemptions with domestic connections to CW/ F long haul have included higher luggage,lounge access etc.. My forthcoming trip has us in ET, which is not what we booked, booked a year ago, there was only 2 choices:HBO or seat with checked bags. And, on our domestic and CW legs, the paperwork tells me I get 3 bags at 32 Kgs per pax.
      Disappointed with this,but I’ll get over it.

      • Alan says:

        2 Mar2 March 01:05

        I think there’s a slight misunderstanding here – if you’re on one ticket and have a CW or F flight then you’ll still get lounge access on your domestic flight (as per Oneworld rules) and you’ll still get the same baggage allowance as you had (standard rules – the higher CW/F allowance carries through for and from the connecting flight). Where the introduction of domestic CE will make a difference is when it comes to short-haul travel, where lounge access was a little more hit or miss (esp in London).

• Ben says:

  1 Mar1 March 15:22

  My HBO fare showed as CE this morning (EDI-LHR) and I was down the back.

  • Ben says:

    1 Mar1 March 15:24

    It was in the B fare bucket, which means it should have been ET, according to John above.

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