dcdantas

Hi Fellow FTrs!

I made an Avios booking earlier this month during the 50% off Avios redemption sale, GRU-LHR-GRU in WT in November for 30.000 Avios + US$ 257 in fees (luckily law in Brazil prohibits airlines from charging fuel surcharges on flights departing from here - and as long as the return flight is on the same e-ticket, this apply to the whole itinerary )

Now I have two questions about my booking:

1) If I want do change it - provided there is X class availability of course - would I need to pay the difference to the normal price in Avios?

2) I just checked the PNR on Manage My Booking on ba.com and it says the departure time of the first flight was changed from 20:50 to 21:10. A mere 20 min change, but would it allow me to change the booking free of charge?

Btw, the booking was made thought avios.com

Thanks!

UKtravelbear

with 2 - no. 20 minutes does not count as a significant change I think it has to be something like 2 hours before a FOC change kicks in.

louie-m

And question 1 - yes you would.

billinghamn

I'm not sure there are any clearly defined rules about what the minimum amount of time is, so as long as you have a clearly justifiable story, you should be able to argue for a free cancellation (if that's what you want). I know that I have been able to cancel a booking with a 30 min change. As it happens this 30 min delay upset another flight connection and I couldn't rearrange everything to make it work, hence I argued that I needed to cancel.

UKtravelbear

The 2 hours are what I've read on here previously.

Of course if there are connections then a 20 minute change can make the difference between being over or under an MCT but the OP is flying point to point