British Airways makes genuine improvements to the ‘Gold Upgrade for Two’ (GUF2) voucher

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• Josh says:

  1 Jul1 July 05:19

  This is good news!

  Does it now also apply to GUF1?

  Can it be applied after purchase (ie to a booing that has been made by a corporate travel agent / Expedia etc). Are there any restrictions?

  Bad news for Propellor etc as there is now no extra tier points since the IT fix nor availability improvement since this.

  • Mark Spencer says:

    1 Jul1 July 12:25

    What extra tier points?

    • ChrisC says:

      1 Jul1 July 14:21

      Some people on flyer talk have reported that when they upgraded to F from CW using a GUF that they were awarded the F tier points rather than the TPs for their original CW cash ticket

• Robert says:

  1 Jul1 July 06:04

  Surely this applies for all GUFs and not just GUF2?

• BugAlugs says:

  1 Jul1 July 06:46

  Makes it almost as useful as the redemption space release instrument.

• John says:

  1 Jul1 July 07:30

  Rob, thanks for reporting on this very good news.
  When trying to exercise GUF vouchers previously I could not understand why BA were unable to do it but the specialist travel agent could. Although the travel agent came to the rescue, and we were indeed grateful, it was always a lot of hassle, with some additional costs.
  Hopefully now it will all be much more straightforward!

• Froggee says:

  1 Jul1 July 08:10

  I’m going to earn my first (and probably only) ever GUF2 this year so it’s nice to know it should be relatively easy to use.

• Russ says:

  1 Jul1 July 08:33

  I’ve not come across this before so please be gentle folks:

  1) Are the upgrades free but you have to pay extra fees commensurate with that new cabin class?
  2) Do you get all the rights and privileges of the new cabin class i.e. lounge access?
  3) Do you have to register to join this or is being part of BAEC enough and they just turn up in your account?

  Thanks

  • Russ says:

    1 Jul1 July 08:35

    OK 🙂

    https://headforpoints.com/2019/01/02/what-is-a-british-airways-gold-upgrade-for-two-for-one-voucher/

  • Rob says:

    1 Jul1 July 08:48

    1. If you are upgrading an Avios ticket there will be some extra taxes, not if upgrading a cash ticket
    2. Yes, except for tier points and Avios which are for the original booked class
    3. Automatic on hitting 2500 tier points in a membership year

    • Liam J says:

      1 Jul1 July 09:08

      There might not be any extra taxes on a cash ticket upgrade WTP-CW, but there are extra “carrier imposed surcharge” fees. I did this over the weekend, and a UK-US trip for me was £100 extra per person per sector, I.e. £400 extra for a GUF2 return.

    • Russ says:

      1 Jul1 July 18:21

      Thanks Rob and Liam. Is this now worth getting on the Gold guest list? I work it out 3500 tier points a year for seven years and then free lounge access for life for one and partner.

      • TGLoyalty says:

        1 Jul1 July 21:21

        GGL is 5k to earn and then 3k each year after that to keep it

        • Russ says:

          1 Jul1 July 22:31

          Thanks TG, cleared up nicely. I see there’s also a 50,000 avios bonus they’re throwing in so could be interesting.

• Jeff says:

  1 Jul1 July 08:34

  Do you need Avios availability in the class you are upgrading from ? Or if there is A/I/T cash availability does the call centre book that for you and just charge the lower class redemption avios regardless…..

  • Alex says:

    1 Jul1 July 22:17

    Yes, you need a valid booking in the original travel class before you can upgrade (cash or Avios). Otherwise it simply becomes a free ticket, and that’s not what’s GUFs are.

• Liam J says:

  1 Jul1 July 08:58

  I used one of these over the weekend on the phone with BA. It went through in the end, but required lots of calls from the agent to the “fares department”. The call lasted over 90 minutes to get this booked for a simple return BA metal flight

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