{"id":2711,"date":"2021-09-28T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=2711"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:15:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:15:48","slug":"the-finnair-trick-with-british-airways-bookings-when-flying-aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/09\/28\/the-finnair-trick-with-british-airways-bookings-when-flying-aa\/","title":{"rendered":"The FinnAir Trick with British Airways Bookings when Flying AA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Background<\/h4>\n

Airfares for a couple of the routes that I regularly travel are annoyingly high for the next couple of months, and my go to for short hop domestic mileage redemptions on those routes is also double what it would normally be (10,000 Delta SkyMiles versus the normal 5,000 on the days that I want to fly). <\/p>\n

As a result, I\u2019ve pivoted to AA bookings with British Airways Avios and the 40% transfer bonus from American Express<\/a>. On short-haul domestic routes, those flights are 7,500 Avois or ~5,400 Membership Rewards points with the bonus. (Side note: I suggest Seth\u2019s<\/a> wonderful Avois Redemption Calculator when<\/a> deciding whether Avios for AA short-haul redemptions will work for you and your travel patterns.)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s all fine and good, but after my Avois booking is complete I have a British Airways record locator and my British Airways frequent flyer is attached the ticket; that\u2019s not ideal because I hold an AA credit card which gets me priority boarding and a few other perks. That credit card is tied to my frequent flyer account with AA, not my BA account. If I had AA status I\u2019d be even more annoyed since that wouldn\u2019t be attached to the ticket either because the AA status is necessarily part of your AA account.<\/p>\n

The Trick<\/h4>\n

So, I want to book with BA Avios but have my AA frequent flyer number on the ticket. While it\u2019s possible to call British Airways or message them on Twitter to get your AA record locator, and then to take that record locator and contact AA and hope that the agent you talk to knows how to update your frequent flyer program and number, it\u2019s annoying and error prone. There\u2019s a much easier, mostly unknown method: Use the \u201cManage Booking\u201d section<\/a> of OneWorld Alliance member FinnAir\u2019s website and you can update all of those details yourself. The steps:<\/p>\n