BAH Payment Date

[ClubSmed]

I have a BA Holiday coming up, and the balance payment is due “by the 18th June”
I was planning on paying this today, but given the recent news regarding Tier points on the BA AMEX, it has given me pause.

So my question is:
Does the “by the 18th June” mean by the beginning or end of 18th June?

If I can pay it on the 18th, then it can go towards the Tier point via the BA AMEX, if not then I may as well pay it today.

[cats_are_best]

I’d interpret ‘by’ as ‘no later than’, i.e. before the 19th in this case.

Pay on the 18th.

[LD27]

Definitely pay on the day stipulated at the latest. I was away recently when the final balance needed payment and couldn’t get on the website to pay. Holiday was cancelled following day. When I eventually got through they “repriced” the holiday and fortunately for me it was a few £s cheaper (probably as a sale had started).

[ClubSmed]

Thank you for this, I have since had a text message from BA stating that it needs to be paid by 23:59 on the 18th, so you are indeed correct

[NorthernLass]

Slightly off topic but I booked a BAH yesterday with the first element in January and the balance is due 8 weeks before travel – I’m sure in the past it was 5 weeks (apart from the temporary pandemic sweetener of 3 weeks)?

[freckles]

Usually 4 weeks before if short haul and 8 weeks if long haul.
(Or indeed my recent case 4 weeks before long haul as I had domestic with overnight layover and BA’s IT classed it as short haul! One IT gremlin I wasn’t complaining about)

[NorthernLass]

That explains it. 3 x long haul and one short haul element included – maybe it goes in chronological order?

[freckles]

Yes, payment date governed by first flight destination (plus onward connection if same day, so in my case that was EDI-LHR only with long haul on subsequent day)

[yonasl]

I have paid it as late as the very day displayed (so the 18th). I once had a BAH I didn’t want to take so I simply let the data lapse and they kept chasing me a week after (so it is not as if a machine goes and cancels it on the 18th at midnight).

[LD27]

yonasl wrote:

I have paid it as late as the very day displayed (so the 18th). I once had a BAH I didn’t want to take so I simply let the data lapse and they kept chasing me a week after (so it is not as if a machine goes and cancels it on the 18th at midnight).

How long ago are you talking about? My holiday was this year. I was travelling when payment was due (see above) and it had definitely been cancelled by the afternoon of the following day, which was when I had internet access.