Reply To: Adding a flight to an Amex companion voucher booking

[ukpolak]

Hello – somewhat of a thread resurrection and I’ve read the recent AA related US domestic threads too which are related to my query.

So.. we successfully booked 4 x CW using 2 Companion Vouchers to travel over Christmas to visit relatives in NYC.

The relatives are looking at relocating further south (NC/SC) within the next few months as they’re fed up of the weather and it looks like the closest Intl airport to them will be Charlotte which is served by 3 x AA flights daily.

Booking 4 x Biz class AA with Avios via BA.com only shows up flights with connections and charges something like 800k Avios & £4k (scary!) with no option to get on to those direct AA services at all.

Are BA agents allowed to add on an AA domestic connection on to BA reward bookings or is this impossible (ie confirming above thread albeit time has passed and policies may have changed?). Or do I book via BA.com using Avios as a separate booking albeit allowing sufficient time between flights to avoid missing any connections (66k Avios plus £35 for four of us!).

Bit bummed out by the schedule changing after having booked us all on the 4 x CW reward seats, but we did it knowing they were fully flexible so all is not lost. It may just be we need to spend time in a hotel at either leg of the trip to avoid any missed flights but it is what it is.

Thanks so much for your advice!