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I made a booking through ebookers, using a combined BritishAirways/AmericanAirlines flight (BA for one way, AA for return) about 4 weeks ago. I got booking numbers for both BA and AA from ebookers.

The booking number for AA works on the AA website, and the AA booking shows both legs of the journey, but doesn't allow me to check in on the BA flight.

The problem is, the flight is tomorrow and the booking number for BA seems to be unknown by the BA online system, which is worrying (no, the booking number isn't NOSYNC). The flight is from ZRH to the United States. I do have an approved ESTA.

Is there anything I should do to avoid possible issues, other than showing up at the airport 2 hours before departure? I'm also thinking of US specific issues such as API (AdvancedPassengerInformation) data.

Peter
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There was almost no problem at all, check in at the airport took only 5 minutes, using my passport number. I also gave them the first address in the US for API, and showed them the approved ESTA confirmation.

Edit: Thanks to a helpful comment by Henning Makholm I was able to locate the correct booking reference on the boarding pass, and confirm it by using it to look up the booking through the BA website. The correct number is completely different from the one I was given by ebookers. What actually went wrong is anyone's guess, but I should also mention that immediately after the original booking 4 weeks ago, the BA booking number was initially given as NOSYNC, until it was replaced with the incorrect number soon after. The AA number was available and correct from the beginning.

Peter
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