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This is today’s chat thread.
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BA40 promo code for 40% off a pass for SXSW London for BAC members. Might be indicative of softer sales than expected
Good morning from T3 Escape lounge in rainy Manchester, con destino a Málaga. FT queue was moving considerably slower than the normal one, the ambassador announced every couple of minutes that they had a lot of new staff and the rejection rate was really high! In the event our bags weren’t rejected, but I was.
The lounge is at capacity, although there are quite a few empty tables around us. The manager confirmed that it’s closed from June 9th, and there will be a small temporary BA lounge near gate 37 after that, until T2 is ready for them. This will have cold food and a limited bar.
Now to see whether the theoretical seating gods are smiling on us today!
@ Northernlass. Are you staying in Malaga or heading up/ down the coast this time ?
Good morning. A tad delayed, but a few days ago there was a question re Fiji and the weather in Feb.
Last year, we went to Fiji for a 7 nights from 31st Jan to 7th Feb. Despite us checking weather forecasts beforehand and thinking it would rain everyday, it only rained on the 6th Feb. Even on that day, it did not rain for long.It was however extremely hot, so be prepared.
Good morning. A tad delayed, but a few days ago there was a question re Fiji and the weather in Feb.
Last year, we went to Fiji for a 7 nights from 31st Jan to 7th Feb. Despite us checking weather forecasts beforehand and thinking it would rain everyday, it only rained on the 6th Feb. Even on that day, it did not rain for long.It was however extremely hot, so be prepared.
Just to add as I think May was also mentioned. We went about 10 years ago in early May for 10 days. Started in Nadi. Then island hopped using the Yasawa flyer. Also went to Suva. From what I recall it wasn’t too hot. Had ran showers once or twice in the afternoon but a terrific storm late in the day whilst on the boat back to Nadi. So bad we weren’t sure we were going to make it!
Is anyone else finding that the hotel offers on Amex are taking longer to trigger than usual? Booked a couple of future Hilton stays (both hotels eligible for offer) about a week ago and no sign of credit. Unless I missed the memo and pre-booking future stays is no longer possible?
@ Northernlass. Are you staying in Malaga or heading up/ down the coast this time ?
Hi @Dragonlady, I am holidaying with my nephew and his young family so we are staying at Los Amigos Beach Club near Mijas! Lots for the children to do, which is the main thing 😂. OH is here for the weekend then has to head home on Monday to ferry the offspring to the first of his A level resit papers 😬.
F lounge is busy but serving smoked salmon bagels, so a thumbs up from me. The gods shunned us on the first leg, I’m not optimistic about the next one either 😂
Is anyone else finding that the hotel offers on Amex are taking longer to trigger than usual? Booked a couple of future Hilton stays (both hotels eligible for offer) about a week ago and no sign of credit. Unless I missed the memo and pre-booking future stays is no longer possible?
The rebate for a stay at the Biltmore in LA (Millennium) took four months to payout.
Just unearthed something from a chat thread of 12 May on having two FF numbers in a booking, specifically this post from JDB:
In there, JDB says:
There’s a procedure that allows for two FF numbers to be applied to a booking and it’s only when failing to follow the procedure that a passenger might run into a problem. BA can hardly be held responsible for any issues that arise.
Please can anyone advise on how to get this procedure executed on a booking. It would be great to get it set up immediately after making the booking rather than having to mess around with switching – especially if you’re now at the mercy of BA’s Twitter monitors or call centre agents because none of the OW MMB pages allows the passenger to change this. (I would have struggled on a recent trip to get this done in time.)
So, for example, could I expect a BA Twitter monitor to understand and execute an instruction to set FQTV and FQTS to particular values … and would those values then survive unmolested?
Thanks!
Apologies if this appears twice – been having problems posting…
Just unearthed something from a chat thread of 12 May on having two FF numbers in a booking, specifically this post from JDB:
In there, JDB says:
There’s a procedure that allows for two FF numbers to be applied to a booking and it’s only when failing to follow the procedure that a passenger might run into a problem. BA can hardly be held responsible for any issues that arise.
Please can anyone advise on how to get this procedure executed on a booking? It would be great to get it set up immediately after making the booking rather than having to mess around with switching – especially if you’re now at the mercy of BA’s Twitter monitors or call centre agents because none of the OW MMB pages allows the passenger to change this. (I would have struggled on a recent trip to get the switches done in time – long story, not interesting.)
So, for example, could I expect a BA Twitter monitor to understand and execute an instruction to set FQTV and FQTS to particular values … and would those values then survive unmolested by anything that happened subsequently?
Thanks!
If I have an avios return ticket, can I cancel the outbound keeping the inbound? Or do I need to cancel it all and hope the return re-appears to rebook?
@Northernlass enjoy. Not sure if you’ll wander out given the young ‘uns will probably be happy around the pool but the sandy beach area to the right ( back towards La Cala) is naturist🙂
Apologies if this appears twice – been having problems posting…
Just unearthed something from a chat thread of 12 May on having two FF numbers in a booking, specifically this post from JDB:
In there, JDB says:
There’s a procedure that allows for two FF numbers to be applied to a booking and it’s only when failing to follow the procedure that a passenger might run into a problem. BA can hardly be held responsible for any issues that arise.
Please can anyone advise on how to get this procedure executed on a booking? It would be great to get it set up immediately after making the booking rather than having to mess around with switching – especially if you’re now at the mercy of BA’s Twitter monitors or call centre agents because none of the OW MMB pages allows the passenger to change this. (I would have struggled on a recent trip to get the switches done in time – long story, not interesting.)
So, for example, could I expect a BA Twitter monitor to understand and execute an instruction to set FQTV and FQTS to particular values … and would those values then survive unmolested by anything that happened subsequently?
Thanks!
It seems BA may only allow one FF number per passenger on a booking.
@Dragonlady, lol, we’ve had the odd surprise when wandering through the dunes at Cabopino before now 😂
Currently sitting on our plane at LHR. The BA gods are not propitiated. Not only is the flight absolutely full so theoretical seating and upgrades are out of the window, but one of the runways is closed due to an incoming emergency landing.
Also this is our 3rd departure in a row from A10 😒.
Fortunately I have my oat breakfast bar from our MAN flight earlier and a good supply of reading material 😂
Afternoon all,
A few weeks ago, I posted about difficulties changing my LHR-PVG 241 flight to an LHR-TYO due to no longer having my AMEX card. I ended up sticking with the LHR-PVG.
I’ve noticed that the LHR-PVG leg in the BA app no longer has a 125- ticket number, and I can’t select seats. I’ve read threads here and know this could be an issue…
I’ve called BAEC twice and been assured the full itinerary is ticketed. On the second call, they re-emailed me the full e-ticket receipt with two 125- ticket numbers.
Can I trust this or should I HUACA? I think the LHR-PVG leg was ‘unassigned’ in favour of the TYO seats, but it was ‘reassigned’ when we couldn’t complete the booking, but not re-ticketed.
I’m only a lowly Blue member now so not sure who else I can call to try to correct this.
Try MMB on ba.com, not an app.
Try MMB on ba.com, not an app.
As far as I know, there’s nowhere in MMB that shows ticket numbers
Call again and ask them to read out the ticket numbers, and then check them with the receipt numbers.
Currently sitting on our plane at LHR. The BA gods are not propitiated. Not only is the flight absolutely full so theoretical seating and upgrades are out of the window, but one of the runways is closed due to an incoming emergency landing.
Also this is our 3rd departure in a row from A10 😒.
Fortunately I have my oat breakfast bar from our MAN flight earlier and a good supply of reading material 😂
The dreaded A10! I had A9 for LHR-MAN last night where the BP scanners rejected me and a gate agent handed me a new BP with a cabin upgrade. Very welcome as it’s been a year since I last did BA ET and reminded myself why I don’t do it.
I see that HSBC is offering new premier customers a £500 Selfridges voucher and a personal shopper.
Does this mean Barclays will up its sign-up deals?
Try MMB on ba.com, not an app.
As far as I know, there’s nowhere in MMB that shows ticket numbers
In MMB (new website) scroll down and you should get “View e-ticket receipt” on the right hand side below the flights.
This takes you to an old website page that lists the ticket number in the Payment Information section.Ensconced in row 13, an exit row on LGW to TFS and it looked like TS had worked, empty seat next to me. Then complaints from a couple in row 11 that they had paid only 5 days earlier for extra leg room seats and didn’t have them. Flight attendant told them the procedure was to email BA to have a refund. They rightly protested that that missed the point, they had paid for extra leg room because he was 6’ 6” and needed the room…….FA moved him to the empty seat next to me. Why had BA sold a seat as extra legroom that clearly wasn’t, and I have been watching for an aircraft change to protect my seat, so it wasn’t a last minute change?
If I have an avios return ticket, can I cancel the outbound keeping the inbound? Or do I need to cancel it all and hope the return re-appears to rebook?
Yes, you might have to call
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