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Old Mar 5, 2019, 4:36 am
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Originally Posted by mccartje
I'm not saying this is in any way wrong of people to do, they are after all just taking advantage of the system as it stands (which I would likely do also if avios rich). But should the cancellation fee be higher to minimise this practice (if it is causing low availability) or is this too much of another negative to add to the avios system?
The fee was introduced to GCH members in 2014, to much ranting expressions of concern as shown in the thread below. But it was for this reason.

BAEC changes: Gold award change/cancel fees introduced
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