Reply To: BA to prevent UK callers ringing US

[HampshireHog]

NorthernLass wrote:

@HampshireHog, at the risk of sounding like @JDB, Amex doesn’t issue you a voucher to use to book flights to South Africa (or anywhere else). They give you a voucher worth a healthy 6-figure number of avios if used wisely, dependent on availability.

It would just take all the fun out of redeeming it if I had to get stressed and resentful about not getting a specific route. I wanted off-peak CW seats to MIA a couple of Christmases ago, but they went too fast for booking online at midnight. Instead I found F seats to IAD, started my holiday in the CCR and had a wonderful stay in Washington DC before connecting to Florida. It wasn’t “pot luck” because we still got to where we were spending the bulk of the trip and we’re always open to a few days in another place at the start or end.

@Garethgerry – you rarely see “extra” availability at T-355, but apologies if you were speaking generally.

I would suggest that you are likely in the minority if you are content to travel anywhere, I’m flexible on dates but have no interest in travelling to either the Caribbean or North American. Consequently, there aren’t many alternative destinations on BA’s route map to get me where I want to go.
I rebut your suggestion that I somehow expect BA to provide me with seats on a route and day of my choice, I’m merely stating the obvious that high demand destinations and dates are tricky to book. I don’t want to go to a third tier US city in January tbh.