Open Jaw Flight Using Barclaycard Voucher

[Molly]

Booked a cruise from Athens to Dubai.

Is it possible to book an open jaw with avios LHR – ATH / DXB – LHR and use my Barclaycard voucher to upgrade 2 x Business on the return leg from Dubai?

[Mick S]

Yes, but you’ll need the call centre to do the booking with it being open jaw.

[NorthernLass]

You can only use the BC voucher on flights departing from the UK – you’d need to be doing the cruise the other way around! Sounds like a great trip, though.
I also think the route couldn’t be booked as an open jaw as the distances don’t comply with the rules, but the surcharges for booking the 2 legs separately shouldn’t be excessive for DXB, and of course you’ll just get charged the RFS fee for ATH.

[Molly]

Not sure how the rules work but distances are as follow:

LHR – ATH 1312 miles
ATH – DXB 1769 miles
DXB – LHR 2972 miles

Will the distances allow me to book the open jaw and can I use the Barclaycard voucher to upgrade the return only from Dubai for 2 passengers?

How would I calculate the taxes?

[JDB]

Unfortunately you can’t book that as an open jaw as the surface sector ATH-DXB is a greater distance than one of the flights and the Barclays voucher can only be used ex-UK so you can’t use it to upgrade from DXB.