Complaint: Frequent Flyer Program * * * avios do not work . ! ! !
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Old May 29, 2014, 11:28 PM
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Hi. I do certainly know how frustrating it is for people when they cant get avios availability. However at the same time you do have to consider that ultimately BA want to sell seats and therefore will only release small numbers of avios seats. Then consider how many people are chasing that availability. What you are seeing isnt a glitch its because a flight will go on sale 355 days before departure. The flight is then looked at by revenue management who make a decision to release avios.In my experience they will typically release economy availability first of all then premium econ then business after that. There is never a guarantee that avios will be released for a flight nor a specific time for it to happen. I have sometimes seen it as close to weeks or days before departure.