Originally Posted by
FlyingDoctorwu
Forgot to mention that I'm trying to do this all on a 2 for 1 voucher...
so IAD-LHR-IST and return is $1500 in fees
if I book a stopover, it's about $2000 fees....
it's less than 23 hours, which I thought perhaps could count as a connection..
FDW
You can ignore my subsequent brainwave as I realised you'd be stung for the UK APD which is what you're trying to avoid.
The rule is that any connection which is <24 hours is a connection and not a stopover so APD is not chargeable. The booking engine is pushing out the wrong fee but I can't think of any other way of making it work. Multi-city would do the job, but that only works for non-redemption bookings.
I do think you'll need to call I'm afraid. I think you should argue the offline booking fee is waived, because the stopover part of the BA website is churning out incorrect fees/surcharges.
BAH