Originally Posted by
Sam Bee
That's a very unusual business practice if that's true, and I can't see why they would. They naturally have full access to BA's Tour Op fares which require ticketing 31 days (form memory, might be 28) prior to departure. When they issue a ticket they pay BA in full within 31 days via BSP. This implies that they will pay out more than they take in from a deposit when they don't need to, which is a business risk. It also limits changes, and is more costly to administer. The only advantage I see is that they are not subject to paying additional taxes / YQ should they go up.
Some airlines have Tour Op fares that need issueing within x days - a special with early ticketing date (Thai, Qatar particularly culpable), but BA typically don't.
If booking within 10 weeks of departure I could understand.But I can't see a valid one. I'll drop one of my friends a line as obviously i'm missing something if true, and that will bug me!
live always wondered how it worked as whilst I’ve never cancelled a holiday the max deposit I e paid is £300 and that’s for a £1500 J class ticket and £1000 hotel, indeed if you cancel up to 5 weeks before all you would forfeit is the £300 deposit.
This yesr i got my funds available dates dates wrong and I called BA and asked if I could pay 2 days late snd he needed to check if any component had a liability within 35 days. When they didn’t I was told this was perfectly fine,