Reply To: BA never issued Avios e-ticket

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@Tracey – same here, but I do ask those fishing in the Avios pool to let me know when they have booked with Avios so I know the transaction automatically notified to me by BA is genuine.

However many millions of Avios or cash you have, that doesn’t alter the fact that one should check one’s travel arrangements. If I book theatre tickets, when they turn up, I check the date/time and seats. Why wouldn’t one do that for air tickets? I check all the other travel arrangements carefully; it’s basic good practice.

All you need to do is to check that you have paid the Avios and/or cash and that there is a ticket number against every segment for every passenger. It seems like the most basic holiday admin to make sure the trip runs smoothly.

The thrust of the comments is that it’s all down to BA, they should have better systems etc. so the passenger shouldn’t need to do anything. Well, I’ll make the tiny routine effort and make my own luck. Others can not bother if they wish and it appears that some really can’t be bothered, but would prefer to have some big drama at the airport and then blame BA.