British Airways has struck a deal with American Airlines that allows using BA upgrade vouchers for AA flights.
You can upgrade one cabin class on AA flights, except upgrades from economy to premium economy are unavailable.
You can access BA’s page for upgrades here.
You must contact BA to process upgrades for AA flights (good luck!).
Upgrades Available:
- Premium Economy to Business
- Business to First
- Economy to Business (where Premium Economy is not fitted on the aircraft)
However, cabin class upgrades from Economy to Premium Economy are not currently available
Copy of the email from BA:
Conclusion
There is a difference between AA and BA upgrade vouchers. BA vouchers can be used to upgrade return tickets for up to six segments.
It is unclear what fare class availability must exist on AA to qualify for an upgrade using BA vouchers. If it is the same used for AA eVips, the availability is close to nonexistent. Good development, nevertheless.
I have avoided flying on BA for the past two years, first due to the pandemic and after due to monthly operational meltdowns. So you cannot count on BA getting you to the ticketed destination.
Here are therms of using BA upgrade vouchers on AA:
- Members with a Gold Upgrade voucher can now use this to upgrade on flights operated and marketed by American Airlines, or marketed by British Airways and operated by American Airlines.
- Gold Upgrade vouchers on AA are a single cabin class upgrade available on a single or return booking. For example:
- Premium Economy to Business
- Business to First
- Economy to Business (where Premium Economy is not fitted on the aircraft)
- However cabin class upgrades from Economy to Premium Economy are not currently available
- Vouchers can be applied to AA operated transatlantic and US domestic flights only.
- Upgrade vouchers can be applied at the time of booking or retrospectively to an existing booking. The Member must call their Local Service Centre to make the reservation, there is no…