Originally Posted by
Jamjaw
What would BA do in this instance - in an ideal world, he would like to keep the return leg of his flight so as to come back with him family, but make another booking for the flight out - he would not expect any refund for the flight out (it is a cash booking, which has change terms £60 per change).
For the family it is not an issue, they can simply travel as normal. It may look a bit neater if your brother in law is split out of the booking, but it is not necessary at that level.
However if he doesn't turn up his return will be cancelled, and there's no ifs or buts about that unless there is force majeure on the BA side. So he would need his booking to be changed (and hence split out of the booking), the new outbound changed and the fees paid. Even though the inbound is unchanged it would not surprise me if there was a fee on that too. Alternatively cancel his booking altogether to get some taxes back, and rebook with a new booking.
Alternatively find a working television in AGP.