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Can I pay for seat selection using Avios?

Last updated: 2 May, 2024

Our British Airways Club members can now use their Avios to pay for and reserve seats for British Airways flights in advance through Manage My Booking. This can be done with just Avios, or a combination of card payment and Avios. To do this: 

  1. Make your booking as usual, without adding your seat(s) during the process. 
  2.  Once your booking is confirmed and you have your new booking reference, go to Manage My Booking. 
  3.  Choose “Select a seat on board”, then the flight you want to book seats on and follow the instructions. 

You can view your options to pay with Avios once you get to the payment page. 

If you want to pay using Avios, you’ll be asked to log in to your Club account. 

If you want to change your seat type in future, and you paid using Avios we'll only be able to take this extra payment in cash if there’s a difference in price and an additional amount to be paid.

If this option is unavailable to you on the website or app, please contact us so we can help you.

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