Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
The table below details the most frequently used cookies on ba.com and explains their use.
| Cookie name | Purpose |
|---|---|
| BA_COUNTRY_CHOICE_COOKIE | Keeps track of your choice of country and avoids this choice being repeated. |
| BA_LANGUAGE_CHOICE_COOKIE | Keeps track of your choice of language and avoids this choice being repeated. |
| Apache | A “technical” cookie used to control use of BA infrastructure. |
| BASessionA BASessionB RTADA RTADB BADPSessionA BADPSessionB | A “technical” cookie that expires at the end of a session on the website. Identifies the session in use by your PC. Required to make the site work. |
| BIGipServerba.com-port80 BIGipServerba.com-port81 BIGipServerdp-live.baplc.com-port80 BIGipServerdp-live.baplc.com-port81 BIGipServercaptwo.ba.com-80 BIGipServercaptwo.ba.com-81 BIGipServersolr-live.baplc.com-80 | Used to balance the load on BA's web site infrastructure. Expires at the end of your session. |
| previousCountryInfo | Keeps track of your previous choice of country. |
| BA_LOGON_PERSIST_COOKIE | Used to track if you are logged into the Executive Club on ba.com. |
| HOME_AD_DISPLAY | Temporary cookie which expires at the end of a session on ba.com. Tracks interest in homepage advertising. |
| NFS_BETA | Used by our main flight selection application to determine if a customer has used a previous test version. Expires after 6 months. |
| NFSCA_BETA | Used by our main flight selection application to determine if a customer has used a previous test version. Expires after 6 months. |
| BA_INSTANT_CREDIT_COOKIE | Used to track interest in BA/3rd party products. |
| BA_SHORTLIST_COOKIE | Used to construct shortlist of countries for BA's "Tripseeker" tool for researching holidays. |
| FS_DEPT_COUNTRY | Enables your browser to "remember" country of selected departure. |
| FS_DEPT_AIRPORT | Enables your browser to "remember" airport of selected departure. |
| depDate | Enables your browser to "remember" requested departure date. |
| retDate | Enables your browser to "remember" requested return date. |
| numberOfNights | Enables your browser to "remember" the number of nights selected for a hotel request. |
| BA_ENROLMENT_APPLICATION_COOKIE | Used to indicate whether you enrolled in the Executive Club. |
| sifrFetch | Used to indicate that you have downloaded annual accounts. |
| comparePackage0 | Used to control the facility to compare flight & hotel packages |
| comparePackage1 | Used to control the facility to compare flight & hotel packages |
| comparePackage2 | Used to control the facility to compare flight & hotel packages |
| __utma | Used to collect information about how visitors use ba.com. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where vistors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| __utmb | |
| __utmc | |
| __utmd | |
| __utmv | |
| __utmz | |
| foresee.analytics | Used to collect information about how visitors use ba.com. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| fsr.s | |
| fsr.a | |
| fsr.r | |
| rr_ctest | |
| rr_group_id | |
| op435homepageplanfragmentdpgum | Used by BA to trial new features and services on ba.com. |
| op435homepageplanfragmentdpliid | |
| op435lowestpricebymonthgum | |
| op435lowestpricebymonthliid | |
| op435poulandingpagemvtgum | |
| op435poulandingpagemvtliid | |
| op435seatchangesummarygum | |
| op435seatchangesummaryliid | |
| op435seatitinerarygum | |
| op435seatchangesummaryliid | |
| op435seatitinerarygum | |
| op435seatsremaininggum | |
| op435seatsremainingliid | |
| op435step3upsellfragmentmvtgum | |
| op435step3upsellfragmentmvtliid | |
| op435step4passengersdetailsgum | |
| op435step4passengersdetailsliid | |
| opPOULanding | |
| opvsreferrer | |
| v1st | Used to collect information about how visitors use ba.com. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where vistors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
| AJRBDs AJRBDs AJUserGUID AJUserGUID BBC-UID | Used to present appropriate content to customers who have visited ba.com |
| id preff | Used to track effectiveness of advertising |
| ug uid uuid2 sess sess segments_p1 segments_p1 meld_sess exchange_uid | Used to display relevant advertising |