2-4-1 Companion Voucher ex- EU – Possible to book First Class?

NorthernLass wrote:

PGW wrote:

I’m not finding that JFK is by any means the only US departure point for awards of this kind and I had no problem finding, amongst many others, LAX-TYO on ba.com. While it would be interesting to see just what the limits of these potential redemptions might be, it’s probably somewhat academic and the key question is whether the revised voucher can be used for any bookable redemption (falling within the normal restrictions) irrespective of the departure point. For what it’s worth, I see no reason why it can’t.

But what sort of surcharges would you be looking at? Not worth it for £3k as meta pointed out!

Indeed. It’s really largely theoretical as even if there was availability it’s difficult to imagine who would want to book such an itinerary given all the issues and charges around them.You’d really have to be a bit crazy to even consider flying from LAX to TYO eastbound.

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meta wrote:

PGW wrote:

If a call is required then it becomes completely academic!

If you call and are able to book it, it’s not academic at all. Agents routinely book complex itineraries and this shouldn’t be any different.

You’re right of course. Just my poor attempt at humour referencing the current state of getting through I’m afraid.

PGW wrote:

meta wrote:

PGW wrote:

If a call is required then it becomes completely academic!

If you call and are able to book it, it’s not academic at all. Agents routinely book complex itineraries and this shouldn’t be any different.

You’re right of course. Just my poor attempt at humour referencing the current difficulties getting through I’m afraid.

The key is that you nest 2×241 vouchers so that you have stopover of less than 24h on each voucher.

It’s not for everyone, so the fact that you have to ask so many questions I would advise against you trying to book something like that as it’s easy to make a mistake with sequencing.

£2k is still pretty good for 2 trips on 1 voucher because you have to pay APD on each passing through London plus BA’s surcharges on the non-low surcharges leg.

If anyone does decide then my best advice is to write everything down.

@meta +1 for me for @NorthernLass comment. It is definitely something I’d take advantage of, it’s more I am not great at understanding things unless presented with a visual example.

Just trying to figure out the logic though:

Let’s take HKG > JFK via LHR

It’s broken into:

HKG > LHR

LHR > JFK

JFK > LHR

LHR > HKG

LHR > JFK needs to depart within 24 hours of arriving to LHR to qualify as a short stopover so I’m not sure where the second 241 comes into things?

I live in London so essentially I want it such that I can have 2 trips (say 1x Asia, 1x North America) that are months apart

Edit: Just to add, I’ve found multiple US cities and Asia cities that work so it is definitely worth playing around for anyone interested!

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Of course, no rush!