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

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• DougB says:

  1 Mar1 March 08:43

  Just booked a couple of return CE flights from EDI to LHR in May and on the booking it advised that tier points / miles could not be shown but after it was booked I went into the account and it was showing a total of 1500 avios (silver) and 40 tier points for the return rather than the 80 I was hoping for…

  • Rob says:

    1 Mar1 March 08:57

    That may change. I doubt the system has been updated yet.

    • DougB says:

      1 Mar1 March 09:22

      nice one – thanks Rob

      • joelyp says:

        1 Mar1 March 10:35

        Doug,
        I did the same on a newly-booked £199 NCL-LHR return in May, 40 TP total (20 each leg). Noticed that only the front 3 rows on the NCL flights each way were CE.

        • joelyp says:

          1 Mar1 March 11:55

          Just off the phone to BAEC. Took them 15 mins to check, but all CE UK domestic bookings will accrue 40 TP each way, no matter what paid class. She agreed the system had yet to update.

• xcalx says:

  1 Mar1 March 08:47

  I had the 1215 LHR- LBA cancelled and re booked onto the same flight but my cancelled 0910 from MAD to LHR has been changed to 0820, leaving only 30 mins between my arriving MIA-MAD flight. The 0910 is still showing as available on BA for Avios bookings. Phoned IB says he will TRY to get me back on the 0910 and ring me back later.

• Arnold Judas Rimmer says:

  1 Mar1 March 08:48

  EDI-LHR portion of redemption booking in F to/from San Jose in November showing on ba.com as “Euro Traveller” – (although on first accessing this morning that flight was shown as “cancelled” in the summary box) while the LHR-EDI return portion is shown as “Club Europe”. Both segments on “my flights” still showing as “Economy”.

  Presumably my F ticket will still enable access to the lounge at EDI. Flight is showing as a 767 – but since in the so-called “Club Europe” section they cannot “blank out” the middle of just two seats in the 2-3-2 layout then presumably the seating for most will just be the same anyway as for those in goat class down the back – so all “CE” gives you is the ghastly BA “breakfast”…

  • Stu R says:

    1 Mar1 March 08:57

    No, you don’t get access to the lounge for your domestic leg as it’s technically a ‘free’ segment and books only as economy. My boss and his wife were denied lounge access on a recent redemption in CW when they tried to access the lounge in GLA. Tell me if you know different ….

    • Ade says:

      1 Mar1 March 09:08

      I’ve always been able to get into the lounge at Glasgow when flying to Heathrow to take a CW redemption. The ticket has not always reflected this but the staff at the desk have always let me in. The same applies for priority boarding. It wouldn’t surprise me though if they’ve clamped down on this!

    • Anna says:

      1 Mar1 March 09:14

      I’ve always got into the Manchester lounge when connecting to a CE or CW flight. That may change now that the domestic connections themselves are separated into ET and CE.

    • Alan says:

      1 Mar1 March 11:58

      You are entitled to lounge access for connections to long haul CW and F tickets, but not to CE ones.

    • CV3V says:

      1 Mar1 March 14:21

      You do get lounge access, the only scenario in which you dont is if the connecting CE flight is shorter than the domestic flight i.e. a GLA – LHR – CDG in CE wouldn’t get lounge access. Someone can correct me on this, or word it better.

      But for long haul in CW or F you get lounge access on the domestic leg, always have the long haul boarding pass ready just in case.

      All in accordance with the oneworld lounge access rules, which i am happy to show to lounge staff come the day i get refused entry!

    • Mike says:

      1 Mar1 March 14:29

      I don’t understand that, I’ve never been refused lounge access when on J or F flights From London connecting via Glasgow or Edinburgh. Gareth has covered the rules below, so you’re definitely entitled to lounge access on the domestic leg.

    • Ian says:

      1 Mar1 March 15:56

      wrong – lounge access is (or should be) provided – seems you came across a grumpy or illiterate dragon

      just like your luggage would have been F allowance on same flight

  • Alan says:

    1 Mar1 March 11:59

    Exactly, this is why CW/F OK, but issues with CE.

• Gareth Oakley says:

  1 Mar1 March 08:56

  I now have a mix of Club Europe and Euro Traveller on the same 241 redemption? MAN-LHR is in Club World connecting to First to ATL, return a few weeks after inbound from Toronto in First is in Euro Traveller.

• John W says:

  1 Mar1 March 08:58

  All – there is something wrong with BA website for Domestic flight booking .

  Just logged on and tried to book LHR to Newcastle . The Club Europe price up is £94 and economy is £307 !!! . Return journey the same . I guess this is because of the changes made last night ?

  Tried other dates in April and it is the same !

• Anna says:

  1 Mar1 March 08:59

  Now I’m confused. My CE booking for April is now showing as CE on all legs. However my CW booking in August is showing ET on the domestic legs. The only reason I can think of is that the domestic sectors are the day before and the day after our CW flights, but who knows?

• Kinkell says:

  1 Mar1 March 09:08

  we have 3 trips booked. April is 241 CW to USA but domestic showing as economy. Paid CE to Tallinn in August, still domestic in economy. 241 CW trip next year to Caribbean, domestic showing as CE. Will need to phone….like everyone else. Bookings plastered with red putting the fear of God into me! Several alerts from My Flights, zilch from BA.

• Chris says:

  1 Mar1 March 09:17

  Any word yet on the tier point situation?

  Our domestic legs on a CW return GLA-LHR-YUL have new seats now and state we are in CW, but the amount of tier points for the return journey still sits at 360.

  No email yet from BA or myflights, but we are not going till June. I suppose they work with the soonest flights first.

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