There used to be issues getting partner flights credited to various programs, which often required mailing boarding passes to airlines for retro credit purposes, but those issues are mostly gone.
There appears to be an issue getting Oneworld flights credited to BA’s Executive Club. Six flights that I have taken over the past month or so on Sri Lankan, Malaysia Airlines, and Finnair have not been posted even though the frequent flier number and status have been properly visible on the boarding passes.
You can access BA here.
So, I have had the following six flights over the past four weeks, and NONE of them have been credited to the Executive Club account:
+ Finnair flights on Tuesday last week LHR-HEL-TLL.
And there is no issue that the frequent flier number wouldn’t have been correctly noted on the boarding passes, as they all were:
There haven’t been other issues with this ticket beyond having to chase Finnair to credit BA’s rebooked LHR-GIG segment:
Finnair Retroclaim Experience With Missing British Airways Flight
These flights are part of an RTW ticket I wrote about a couple of months ago:
Oneworld Business RTW Trip Frequent Flier Program Crediting Dilemma
There was a Compensation Clinic case from a BA flight on this ticket that ended up costing the airline 821.94 GBP due to not rebooking me per UK 261:
Compensation Clinic: Delayed British Airways Flight CAI-LHR-GIG & UK261 Compensation
Conclusion
My membership year with BA ends in early March next year, and I will do a retroclaim for these six flights in early January if the flights haven’t been posted by then.
If you consider that Avios for my Uber rides in London were posted within minutes of completing the trips, and these flights haven’t been posted for weeks, it demonstrates where BA’s and Executive Club’s hearts are.
Perhaps they could discontinue this airline business altogether, continue printing endless Avios for on-the-ground expenses, and then you could redeem them for gift cards or “virtual” flights.
I am tired of these airlines not getting basic things right.
