Domestic legs on a 2 for 1

[tiberius]

Hi – I am looking to travel London-Bahrain-Glasgow-London on a 2 for 1 voucher. Having read the open jaw article I think this works as Glasgow-London would be classed as the return leg and that is shorter than the outbound leg (London-Bahrain). I think using this routing would mean all flights on this booking would receive the 2 for 1 benefit – is that correct or would this be a multicity booking and not be eligible?

If not, I may try London-Bahrain-Glasgow as domestic connections are free (so would still be a saving over booking two separate return flights!)

Any advice appreciated – thanks!

[AJA]

No I think that is not eligible as an open jaw as the overland /non-flight sector has to be shorter than either of the flight sectors.

Or are you intending to use the 2-4-1 to fly between Bahrain and Glasgow? And if so how as BA does not fly directly between them.

You can use the 2-4-1 to book GLA-LHR-BAH return ie the return would be BAH-LHR-GLA and the domestic sectors ie GLa-LHR and vice versa should be free

[tiberius]

Thanks AJA – I was hoping to fly BA between Bahrain and Glasgow via a connecting flight in London (we have done this previously from manchester with BA on a MAN-BAH-MAN booking). Given cash prices for flights to Bahrain I would want to deploy the 2 for 1 for the Bahrain flights as I generally get very good value of 1.7p+ per point even in economy.

I think slightly back to the drawing board in that case, as we live in London and need to visit family in Bahrain and then have a family wedding in Glasgow so that routing (Lon-bah-gla-lon) would be needed. Just trying to arrange the most efficent route. Thanks!

[NorthernLass]

Is this a return trip to BAH, it’s slightly confusing?!

If so, you can book this as LHR-BAH then BAH-LHR-GLA, this is perfectly within the rules, but will require a call to BA (or book each leg separately then claim 50% avios refund). It’s a good way to get free domestic flights. You can use the stopover facility on the return leg to adjust the date you want to fly to GLA.

[tiberius]

Thanks very much NorthernLass – this is my attempt to marry two separate back to back trips – London to Bahrain and London to Glasgow onto a single ticket to take advantage of the 2 for 1 voucher as much as I can. How this would be classified (i.e. as a return trip to Bahrain with an open jaw or as a multi city) baffled me as well!

A very good tip thank you – we will try that approach with BA this evening as I suspect it will be the best I can get and I will book a separate one way GLA-LON for the final return to London.

We will eventually be doing London-Bahrain. Dammam-Jeddah. Makkah-Dammam. Bahrain-London-Glasgow. Glasgow-London. over 2 weeks (the Gulf trips being booked seperately) so finessing this schedule for maximum value is my top priority. Thanks!!

[NorthernLass]

@tiberius, a little trick in case you were unaware. If you book BAH-LHR-GLA online, using “stopover”, regardless of the cabin you choose on the long haul, you can select CE on the LHR-GLA leg, if there are business class avios seats available. So you get lounge access at LHR and a slightly more comfortable hop up to GLA. It’s not clear whether this is an IT glitch but I’m fairly sure BA wouldn’t allow it on a phone booking!

[tiberius]

Thanks NorthernLass – I had no idea about that feature which may be quite handy if it is a long wait (which it probably will need to be to factor in a decent amount of time to go from Terminal 3 to Terminal 5). Much appreciated as always.