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Hi all,
I managed to get a 241 redemption business for London to Tokyo a year ago for 1 person. Since then I’ve met my wonderful missus and bought her a business ticket with cash and also paid for our seats to be together. Lately I’ve been reading about 241 enjoyers being downgraded at check-in for these popular routes, and this terrifies me. I’m a couple weeks out now, is there anything I can do to protect myself or that I should know before going in? I read that I get 75% of my avios back (but not my voucher), which seems like a huge loss, and I need to not accept any alternative from BA. I doubt that I’d get our (£200!) seat selection fees back. I was thinking that it seems less likely if I check-in online asap rather than in the airport? Our flights are currently on different tickets (and hers doesn’t even appear in my BA account for some reason), I’m not sure if it would help to try get them on the same ticket?
Thanks
Should have said, we’re both class U
It’s just not possible to mix avios and pure cash tickets onto the same bookings.
Even though you paid for her ticket it won’t appear in your BAC account because you aren’t the passenger.
But it will appear in her account. If she doesn’t have one create one for her and then add her booking to it. She’ll earn the avios and TPs for it. She should have an account as it makes it easier to manage seating and special meal requests and check-inthan without.
As to being downgraded. Does it happen then yes it does on rare occasions but definitely not as often as the searching for posts about it online makes it seem to occur.
I wouldn’t panic about it. It can happen to cash passengers too. You can be bumped out your paid seats too as per other posts or equipment changes mess up seat bookings etc
Just expect it go smoothly until it doesn’t 🙂
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