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Jan 17, 2013 | 5:00 am

#9

shorthauldad

Join Date: Apr 2012

Location: not far from MUC

Posts: 6,756

Quote:

Originally Posted by NickB

I would wait until shortly before the flight is due to leave, just in case it gets cancelled at the last minute and you can get the whole of your ticket cost back. If the flight is not cancelled, I would then apply for a refund online. You will only get the taxes minus the £15 so it won't be much (somewhere in the £10-£15 bracket probably) but that is still better than a poke in the eye.

I did exactly what NickB suggested, cancelled the flight in question about 30 mins before it departed (sadly it wasn't showing signs of cancellled - it left bang on time...)

The cancellation email I got from BA showed:

Code:

Payment Information
Fare/Taxes                      GBP 58.26
Penalty  (deducted)             GBP 33.50
Channel Fee                     GBP 0.00
Total amount refunded             GBP 24.76

For a cheap fare where I thought I was going to lose the lot I'm pretty happy to get almost £25 back - good result, thanks everyone ^

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