Reply To: BAPP reward ticket payment

[kiley]

NorthernLass wrote:

@kiley, yes, *for a 241 booking* it’s in BA’s Ts and Cs, but this has never been enforced thus far, though of course they could decide to do so at any time. This is well-known and documented widely here! I’m not sure that you were making a 241 booking though, as you simply wouldn’t have been able to enter your partner’s name? If not, then BA were talking rubbish as you absolutely can pay for any other type of booking with someone else’s card (with their name in the relevant field).

Agree BA do talk rubbish, occassionaly, some agents do know what thier doing.

It wasn’t a 241 booking (reward flight saver booked by me for my parents using my other halfs card) and it gave me a right headache. When booking with the partners card, payment would be accepted, but once the back office “did thier ticketing checks” it bounced for not matching myself. However when I called ba they just kept telling me “card issue” and I would repeat the process. Only after the third call did the agent explain that I was using my partners card and she (and me) were not travlling and this is not allowed and could result in the ticket being cancelled at anytime in the future.

I did think this was rubbish as I’m sure I’ve used her card before (to give her the points) but on this occasion it was annoying. In future, I will book flights with my card if I make a booking.