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British Airways Limits Partner Access to Reward Seats is an article written by the AFF editorial team:
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I second that having just spent 120 minutes on phone the last two days trying to get to and from Europe ( anywhere anyway!) for August24It is getting harder and harder to book a OWA.
I wish BA would drop the cost of their SYD-SIN-LHR J seats to the same cost as Qatar redemptions to Europe. 144K Avios + $600+ taxes simply isn't competitive.
Qantas flights AU-US premium seats are virtually non existent on AS.
Not surprised that BA are doing this. I bought a whole lot of Finnair miles and then some on a BA subscription. Happy about this development.
Today the Qantas rep in Hobart told me Qatar are no more for reward seatsThis industry trend is a terrible news and step backward for the oneworld alliance. No matter which currency and program you use, this trends makes it harder and harder to book around the world awards, or awards that requires connections with different airlines.
Whoa, you’ve been really lucky in regards to requests. I’ve been platinum ( solely through flying) for 11 years and could count on one hand reward seats opening. Today the customer service in Hobart explained it all to me. Must be a Qantas seat sale on. Must be economy and premium still left for sale and ONCE sales seats are gone no more requests accepted.I’ve actually got no problem against this. Yes it’s annoying but other airlines across oneworld have been doing this (including Qantas) so I agree with BA and don’t see why their members should suffer.
As a newly minted QF platinum the differences are clear, I can see a lot more QF award space and have been able to request and successfully get award seats in the cabin/flights I actually want. You’d be annoyed as a BA Gold (OWE) if people who’d acquired Qantas points over 5 years of supermarket shopping and haven’t been on a plane in years beat you to those guaranteed seats.
This industry trend is a terrible news and step backward for the oneworld alliance. No matter which currency and program you use, this trends makes it harder and harder to book around the world awards, or awards that requires connections with different airlines.
From the articleBritish Airways Limits Partner Access to Reward Seats is an article written by the AFF editorial team:
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The avios ff currency is used by BA, IB, IE & QR.How to get British Airways Avios
Australians can access British Airways Avios, albeit in a roundabout way.
Other than crediting Oneworld flights to Executive Club, one option is to buy Avios. British Airways sells Avios with regular discounts available, as well as via subscriptions.
If you have American Express Membership Rewards points, you can also now convert those into Qatar Airways Privilege Club Avios. You could then transfer your Qatar Airways Avios into your British Airways Executive Club account at a 1:1 ratio.
Diners Club Rewards and CommBank Awards points, as well as Citi Rewards points earned with a Citi Prestige card, can also be transferred to Qatar Airways Privilege Club.
Have you/can you regularly fly the required 2-4 BA-IB flights for BA status?Very happy to have dropped QFF and moved to BAEC
The IAG/Avios crew are starting to put a nice little cartel together
I figured something must be going on as trying to burn some of my remaining QFF points in the ME and awards started dropping off a couple of weeks ago yet plenty of availability on QR and BA.
We try to get to Europe every second year at worst. When we can’t I’ll look at ADL-SYD-SIN on BA or like this year I’ll just drop a level which is no biggieHave you/can you regularly fly the required 2-4 BA-IB flights for BA status?
IB ffp does not have the "own" flights rule.