Has avios.com removed its ‘extra’ award availability?

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• matt says:

  1 Sep1 September 07:09

  This explains some of my recent searches on avios.com! I just presumed loads where high…

• Phillip says:

  1 Sep1 September 07:12

  With regards to earning Avios on the ‘G’ seats – for about a year now (if not more), when booking one of those seats, and even though on BAEC you could initially see that the flight would earn Avios and Tier Points, sometime between booking and flying these would turn to zero and you would end up earning nothing. Not sure if the same would happen if you had your avios.com number instead of the BAEC number.

  Also, this disappearance of extra availability seems to have come at the same time as the Avios Flight Finder.

  • Jonathan says:

    1 Sep1 September 07:40

    I agree, it always showed as earning points on the system but on flying, it came up as ineligible for points.

  • Rob says:

    1 Sep1 September 08:19

    A lot of people do get the Avios – if you credit them to Iberia Plus you have more chance of it crediting (although no BA tier points). avios.com also seems to work well.

    Not necessarily a fruitful discussion if the seats are no longer there though!

• tony says:

  1 Sep1 September 07:13

  I’ve also noticed in many instances (long haul, booking a long way out) that Avios availability is now worse than BAEC…

• Erico1875 says:

  1 Sep1 September 07:16

  Theres Monarch availability , from Manchester as well as London, for dates in October where there is no BA availability, when I was searching for Malaga flights.

• Richard says:

  1 Sep1 September 07:22

  Darn it.

  This was always a great back up for last minute flights to see the relatives in EDI. Next they will reduce the stopover functionality at ba.com to the same 24hr max as Avios!

• susan says:

  1 Sep1 September 07:25

  Drat, for my regular route avios.com availability and RFS meant I would get have no problem getting redemption tickets which BA wanted £400+ for (no avios availability)

  • tony says:

    1 Sep1 September 07:29

    Remember though that the G bucket hasn’t disappeared. So long as you’re booking a return flight, a cheap hotel or hire car booked as a package can get round this problem.

    • andy L says:

      1 Sep1 September 07:56

      tony – very interesting comment, could you explain why this is the case please (and any other related information) as this (ticket class) is an area many of us HfPers could do with a more informed opinion

      • tony says:

        1 Sep1 September 09:10

        “G” is a fare bucket normally reserved for group or inclusive tour sales. I also believe it’s what staff hotline tickets book into.

        So, what you can find on some prime business routes (where BA reckon if you need to fly you’ll pay whatever they ask) is that although the published fares are only the really expensive ones (like J& C) they will still sell the “G” bucket fares. I recall on one occasion being quoted £250+ for a one way flight GLA-LCY. However by booking a flight & hotel package on BA.com I was able to go LGW-GLA-LCY and get a night in an OK Glasgow hotel for about £160.

        Given the value of Avios, this can actually make sense, especially if you actually need the hotel.

    • jamie says:

      1 Sep1 September 10:30

      I think this is missing the point.

      What has disappeared here is the ability to book via avios.com into the G cash bucket using Avios i.e. a redemption that doesn’t rely on (traditional) redemption seats being made available.

      Adding a car to a cash booking has nothing to do with this.

• john says:

  1 Sep1 September 08:17

  A BA survey found that under a third were happy with the ability to use Avios? Well, I suppose zero is under a third!

• Lady London says:

  1 Sep1 September 10:22

  So first they introduce amendment charges for Golds, then they withdraw Avios access to G class, what will they think of next to degrade the offering? It’s amazing how quickly they roll the carpet up on loyalty benefits once their business starts to pick up again..

  • fuggi says:

    1 Sep1 September 12:25

    When in actual fact, a company that’s doing well should reward all key stakeholders including loyal customers

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