I am trying to book LHR-LIM (via MAD) and GIG-LHR on BA/IB in Club/Business, but when logging into my account on ba.com, it only allows you to book multi-city flights using 'Book with money' - not 'Book with Avios' or 'Book with money, upgrade with Avios'.
Can anyone shed any light?
Thanks.
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- seansasLCY
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RE: Why Can't You Book Multi-city Flights With Avios?
There is no difference with booking two separate flights as far as I'm aware. I though avios bookings were flexible so it doesn't matter. Just book two one way flights. There is no price or total avios cost difference.
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- ClassicLover
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RE: Why Can't You Book Multi-city Flights With Avios?
| Quoting seansasLCY (Reply 1): There is no difference with booking two separate flights as far as I'm aware. I though avios bookings were flexible so it doesn't matter. Just book two one way flights. There is no price or total avios cost difference. |
This is exactly it! You'll need to do them all as one-way flights on separate tickets. No big deal, but make sure you have seats available on every sector before actually booking them.
I do enjoy a spot of flying, especially when it's not in economy!
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- AustrianZRH
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RE: Why Can't You Book Multi-city Flights With Avios?
| Quoting seansasLCY (Reply 1): There is no difference with booking two separate flights as far as I'm aware. I though avios bookings were flexible so it doesn't matter. Just book two one way flights. There is no price or total avios cost difference. |
On the itinerary of the OP, it is even better to do it as one-ways as opposed to an open jaw on a single tickets: on air tickets originating in Brazil, as the return flight would be, airlines are not permitted to collect "carrier imposed charges" such as a fuel surcharge, international surcharge, or whatever phrase the marketing departments have come up with. Thus, two one ways might save a couple of hundred pounds in fees!
WARNING! The post above should be taken with a grain of salt! Furthermore, it may be slightly biased towards A.
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- gabrielchew
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RE: Why Can't You Book Multi-city Flights With Avios?
The only benefit of booking these as a return is if you want to cancel, then you will only need to pay one set of cancellation fees - you'll have to call up to do this and probably pay the offline booking fee.
http://my.flightmemory.com/shefgab Upcoming flights: AMS-RIX-BUD-VDA,ETH-TLV-FCO-LHR,STN-TXL-LCY,LTN-CPH-LTN,LGW-SZG,MUC-LHR
RE: Why Can't You Book Multi-city Flights With Avios?
| Quoting gabrielchew (Reply 4): The only benefit of booking these as a return is if you want to cancel, then you will only need to pay one set of cancellation fees - you'll have to call up to do this and probably pay the offline booking fee. |
I don't think there are any cancellation fees per say. I believe you forfeit the taxes paid. At least that's how it is with tickets within the U.S.
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