Originally Posted by
caz312
out of interest, would they reprice the ticket as a SVG-LHR before sorting the refund?
(Looks like a SVG-LHR one way CE is about 800NOK more expensive than the SVG-LHR-AMS)
Originally Posted by
JAXBA
They could do, but I'm not actually seeing any SVG-AMS fares (except IATA level) so was assuming it was constructed as SVG-LHR + LHR-AMS. If it's not sector fares combined end-on-end and SVG-LHR is more than SVG-AMS then yes, the fare would be recalculated first. If that wiped out the residual taxes then that would be the end of it; nothing refunded, nothing charged.
Yesterday I noticed something odd with the fares but haven't had time to look at this until now.
It looks like SVG-LHR one-way is priced using a D class fare (DV3HO at NOK 3016, at least on the random date in September that I picked). A combination of two D class fares is used if you book a simple SVG-LHR-AMS without a stop in London.
However if you price SVG-LHR and LHR-AMS, inserting a Saturday night between the two sectors, the itinerary will price using I class fares for both sectors. On random dates in September, I got IAPLON (NOK 1082) and IM0R (NOK 752) - total NOK 1834, which is significantly less than the one-way D class fare for SVG-LHR.
Given the numbers in the OP's post (particularly the total fare charged of NOK 1668), it seems likely that their ticket was constructed using two I class fares like this.
From what
JAXBA says, it does then look like there's no point asking for a refund if there would be a reprice.