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How to Cancel British Airways Avios Award Tickets Online

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In this how-to guide, I will show you how to cancel or refund a British Airways Avios award ticket.  In my demo, I will cancel an American Airlines flight, but the steps below will work with US Airways, British Airways, and most OneWorld Alliance airlines.  Most Avios award tickets should be cancellable online, but there may be times when you will have to call their customer service department and speak with a representative.

Call British Airways at 1-800-452-1201 or 1-800-247-9297 (prepare yourself for long wait times and busy signals, just be patient and persistent).

Let’s say I booked an American Airlines flight, but it turns out that I won’t be able to make the trip.  Not a problem, just go back to the online booking page and scroll to the bottom of the page.

BA Award Flight Details

Click on the Cancellation Options for this Booking link under the Change Booking header.

Cancel BA Flight

Agree to the consent form and click the Continue button.

Cancel BA Consent

This is the only hard part of cancelling a British Airways Avios award ticket… finding the credit card you used to pay the taxes/fees online.  Enter the credit card number and click the Continue button.

Cancel BA Enter CC Info

British Airways will calculate your refund in terms of Avios and cash back…

Calculate BA refund

With most British Airways Avios award tickets, you will be refunded all of your Avios but you will lose any cash you paid.  In my case, I only paid $2.50 for taxes/fees, so that is my cost to cancel this British Airways Avios award ticket.  Review all the information and then click the Confirm Cancellation button.

Cancel BA Flight Info

British Airways is processing your cancellation…

Cancel BA Flight Processing

Congratulations, your British Airways Avios award ticket has been cancelled.

Cancel BA Flight Complete

Your British Airways Avios should automatically appear in your British Airways account.  You may have to log out, wait a few minutes, and log back in to see the redeposited British Airways Avios.

Updated BA Avios Balance

You will also receive a confirmation email with your details of the cancellation.

Cancel BA Award Confirmation Email

If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.

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How to Book British Airways Avios Award Tickets

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How to Book British Airways Avios Award Tickets

In this how-to guide, I will show you how to book a British Airways Avios award ticket.  In my demo, I will book an American Airlines flight, but the steps below will work with US Airways, British Airways, and most OneWorld Alliance airlines.  If you find a flight on AA.com but cannot find it on BA.com, you will have to call British Airways and have them book the award for you.  It will cost $25 for a phone booking fee.

The first step is to search on American Airlines’ website (AA.com) for award space.  In this example, I found an economy award from SNA to DFW during Memorial Day Weekend.

Find AA Award Space

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Guest Post from Doctor of Credit: Four Frequent Flyer Programs You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

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Guest Post from Doctor of Credit: Four Frequent Flyer Programs You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

Most people are familiar with all of the regular frequent flyer programs, you can earn miles from flying, credit card spend or by shopping using their online portal. What most people don’t know is that a lot of major airlines also have business frequent flyer programs which can be used in conjunction with personal frequent flyer programs, meaning you can double dip and earn points twice.

These miles are earned in a separate program and cannot be used in conjunction with your personal miles. Most people will automatically think they aren’t eligible as they don’t have a business. This is technically true, but most people will find that they can also have a business with a little bit of thought. Your employees might just be family members that help you out with your thriving eBay or Amazon business – allowing you to not only get business miles on your flights but also on family members who fly regularly!

There are four airlines that have publicized business frequent flyer programs. The are listed below along with a little bit of information on each program.

 

American Airlines Business ExtrAA (link)

Business Extra is free and available to all businesses that have two or more employees. You earn 2 Business ExtrAA miles per $10 spent. You can also ear miles by using AACargo.com for your shipping needs.  This might not sound like a lot, but it’s important to remember that Business ExtrAA miles are far more valuable than regular American Airlines miles.

To earn Business ExtrAA miles, you will need to include your Business ExtrAA number when you book a flight with American Airlines.  This can be saved to your AAdvantage account so you don’t need to remember it (particularly helpful when your employees are also friends & family).   Continue reading →

6,000 British Airways Avios + $163 for Phily to Paris

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6,000 British Airways Avios + $163 for Phily to Paris

Hey guys, I am flying home from Copenhagen today, so this is just a quick post before my flight leaves.  I was eating breakfast this morning and my friend said he needed a flight from Philadelphia to Paris in August.  I told him I would help him look for the perfect flight.  One way prices were going for around $650-$700 (he is going there for research, so he didn’t want to book a round trip ticket since he didn’t know when he would return).  I told him he could probably do better by using miles…

ITA Prices Calendar PHL-CDG

On ITA Matrix, I saw a few nonstop flights from PHL to CDG on American/US Airways, so I went to the American Airlines website and searched for nonstop flights.  I found 3 dates in August that would work for him and clicked on the August 25 date.

AA Award Calendar PHL-CDG

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British Airways Avios Cash and Points Dilemma

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British Airways Avios Cash and Points Dilemma

Good morning from a rainy Hamburg AIrBnB apartment room.  I just wanted to let everyone know that I haven’t forgotten about the blog, I’ve just been busy travelling/sleeping over the last few days.

Anyway, you may have noticed some new headers above this post.  I have been working diligently on my Shopkick posts and several American Express Serve posts.  I will get those all finished and send out a post when they are completed.

Now back to our normal un-scheduled travel-related post…

I was recently helping a friend book a flight with British Airways Avios, one of my favorite frequent flyer programs.  For those new to British Airways Avios, there are several advantages to using Avios over other frequent flyer programs like American Airlines.  British Airways does not charge close-in award booking fees, whereas American Airlines charges $75 for awards if booked within the last 21 days of travel.  Also, British Airways’s award chart is distanced based, whereas short flights cost less Avios and long flights cost more Avios.  There are no off-peak/peak awards, there are no region-to-region awards, there are no round trip pricing.  Every segment you fly costs a certain number of Avios based on the distance flown.

Avios-Award-Chart

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