Originally Posted by
jasec
Thanks - I'm happy to quote the details, though I cannot see details of the fare bases anywhere (other than the classes mentioned), but the trip details are:
BA1463 Depart: Sat 6 Dec 2008, 19:20, Arrive: Sat 6 Dec 2008, 20:40, Selling class: L
BA193, Depart: Sun 7 Dec 2008, 10:45, Arrive: Sun 7 Dec 2008, 15:00, Selling class: T
BA192, Depart: Thu 11 Dec 2008, 16:50, Arrive: Fri 12 Dec 2008, 07:40, Selling class: T
BA1438, Depart: Fri 12 Dec 2008, 08:55, Arrive: Fri 12 Dec 2008, 10:15, Selling class: V
So I expected the tickets to be fairly expensive since they do not include a Saturday night - but I did not expect them to be both expensive and restricted!
I think it comes down to a crap TA. Any return which doesn't include a Saturday night will cost a fortune, but you knew that. However, such a return should at least be cancellable.
Booking online I don't think you would actually be able to buy a non-cancellable return which didn't include a Saturday night. You'd pay a fortune but get a semi-flex ticket.
However, TAs always seem to have access to extra-crap fares. I know our TA somehow has access to the most useless fare buckets imaginable (i.e. really expensive but not properly flexible!).