How can I manage someone else’s British Airways Executive Club account?

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• Paul says:

  6 Apr6 April 07:14

  Very handy feature when the other half works and “ never has the time” to play silly games with tier point runs and reward bookings or simply to spend hours on the phone with BA

• FEMW says:

  6 Apr6 April 07:18

  I am profoundly deaf (wear hearing aid – I would have said aids but currently in hospital just having had a cochlear implant!) I am also the travel agent in the family. The only issue I have with the third party nominee is that it doesn’t give the hint phrase so that I can remember the password!! I can change the password if I can remember the original otherwise it will be another call to BA with my husband in background ready to take over the call.

  • NorthernLass says:

    6 Apr6 April 10:40

    If you have a smart phone there’s a really useful app called Keeper which stores all your passwords – it’s especially handy if your phone has fingerprint or face recognition so you don’t need a password to access it!

    • Gordon says:

      6 Apr6 April 11:45

      Just so everyone knows, this is a 30 free trial! You need to subscribe after the trial period ends.

      • Anna says:

        6 Apr6 April 17:28

        I didn’t even know that 🤦🏻‍♀️. Asked my OH and he says it’s £10 per year – I do think that’s worth it though to have all your passwords with you. It covers both our phones as well, in the awful event of one getting lost!

        • Gordon says:

          6 Apr6 April 20:58

          I’ve just used the notes app, that comes with an apple device, to store all my passwords for years now, I use the search bar to locate a particular one. iCloud across all devices, It works ok for me.

    • Colin_Thames says:

      6 Apr6 April 12:11

      Or Bitwarden. Works on Macs, PCs, iPhones and Android phones and syncs your passwords between them. You can access the passwords by remembering just one master password and use face or finger print recognition. And it’s free. Very useful for those of us who have a mix of platforms, eg a Windows laptop and an Apple iPhone.

    • TGLoyalty says:

      6 Apr6 April 20:04

      Apple does that across device too

• Mikeact says:

  6 Apr6 April 07:49

  Useful when you’ve passed away.

  • Colin_Thames says:

    6 Apr6 April 12:14

    That possibility struck me too. Would give your nearest and dearest access to your points even if you’ve died.
    I’ll just have to get my wife a bit more interested in points before I kick the bucket!

    • Bagoly says:

      6 Apr6 April 13:53

      Except that if the deceased holds a credit card (particularly BA Amex, but not just that) where the credit reference agencies seem to pass around the information and may reach BA.

• john says:

  6 Apr6 April 10:24

  Thanks for the advice. Just done it for my wife, as she definitely would not want to be on the phone to BA for any length of time.

• David says:

  6 Apr6 April 12:23

  Created one but do not remember putting in a password that I have to quote. Doh. I’m gonna have to re-register somehow.

• yonasl says:

  6 Apr6 April 14:13

  A new change I recently saw on the BA website is that they may start pushing two factor authentication to everyone. That means in addition to your username and password you also need to enter an sms code sent to your phone.

  This is annoying for those managing multiple accounts or if you are trying to do anything from abroad without roaming.

  • Gordon says:

    6 Apr6 April 15:03

    Amex has two factor authentication, albeit you can toggle it off in settings, so if BA do introduce it, that could be an option also.

    With the amount of complex fraud in the world, this is welcoming.
    A victim of fraud who looses a vast sum of money may look at it differently! I’m no expert on security, but I guess this is being introduced for a good reason.
    I have roaming as a free bolt on, in my 02 contract, that can be used in the USA and many countries around the world, and apart from the odd drop out, I’ve never had any issues using it for banking and navigation purposes. I get that not everyone has as much data freedom.

    • John says:

      6 Apr6 April 23:31

      Amex offers email for 2FA which is more reliable than a tiny plastic/semiconductor card (albeit some email providers want you to use a sim card for their own 2FA)

• Martin says:

  6 Apr6 April 21:49

  I’m also with o2 and have the volt travel benefit..
  However I’ve been charged a £6 daily charge in USA and Turkey recently..

  Am I missing something and being overcharged??

  Marti

• ADS says:

  7 Apr7 April 00:19

  what’s the benefit of this over just giving somebody else your BAEC password ?

  apart from the advantage of being able to phone up BA

  • Rob says:

    7 Apr7 April 08:37

    Quite a lot does require phoning BAEC ….

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