My son is in Thailand at the moment, having not been able to go back to China where he is working. He needs to come home in a few weeks, then potentially go back to China at some point when things improve & FCO advice changes. One way tickets are rel expensive. We are thinking about booking BKK-NCL, returning to PVG mid-April in the hope that the situation may have improved by then (not flexible tickets). If FCO advice is still "do not travel", then I presume there is a reasonable chance that BA will still have not reinstated its PVG flights, and so some alternative would be offered. If however flights have been reinstated, but FCO advice is for only essential travel, he will not travel, so may not use the return leg after the 1st leg has been flown. So can anyone tell me what these fare conditions actually mean in terms of potential cost/refunds for not using the return NCL-PVG leg? BA havent been able to give me a clear answer apart from "oooh, it depends". The change of name is about the only bit that makes sense!
TIAAdvance Passenger Processing User Charge - Thailand

Per adultTHB 35.00

International Arrival And Departure Fees - Thailand

Per adultTHB 15.00

Passenger Service Charge (Domestic) - Thailand

Per adultTHB 700.00

Air Passenger Duty - United Kingdom

Per adultTHB 3,250.00

Passenger Service Charge - United Kingdom

Per adultTHB 2,560.00

Total government, authority and airport charges

Per adultTHB 6,560.00

British Airways fees and carrier charges

Carrier imposed charge

Per adultTHB 10,495.00

Total British Airways fees and carrier charges

Per adultTHB 10,495.00

Total taxes, fees, carrier imposed charges or fuel surcharge, where applicable, per person

Per adultTHB 17,055.00

*Government and/or airport taxes are refundable, however some countries will apply a Value Added Tax, Sales Tax or equivalent, which will only be refunded on fully flexible tickets.

A refund of the carrier imposed charge or fuel surcharge, where applicable, may be made on unused flights in your itinerary, if it is permitted by the fare rules and conditions applicable to your booking.
When combining non-refundable fares with refundable fares 1. The amount paid on each refundable fare component is refunded. 2. The amount paid on each non-refundable fare component will not be refunded. 3. When combining fares charge the sum of the cancellation fees of all cancelled fare components.Refund of unused taxes fees and charges paid to third parties permitted. Associated carrier imposed charges will not be refunded.

Refund permitted within ticket validity.

Any non-refundable amount from a previous ticket remains non-refundable following a change.

Ticket is not transferable to another person.

Cancellation repricing conditions

Flown coupons must be repriced using historical fares in effect on the previous ticketing date. The fare for the journey travelled must be capped at the total fare amount plus carrier imposed charge paid on the ticket being presented for refund. Fully flown fare components may be repriced using any booking code within the same cabin provided the new fare amount is equal or higher than original. Partially flown fare components must be repriced using the same or higher booking code. Changes any time charge gbp 150.00 for reissue/revalidation. Note - with the exception of tickets changed in the us any penalty fee must be collected via an emd. Refer to speedbirdclub.com or batraveltrade.com and your gds for instructions.

Charge applies per transaction - per person for all passenger types. Infants without a seat - no charge.

A change is a date/flight/routing/booking code change. New reservation and reissue/revalidation must be made on the same day.

Reissue must be made the same day as change of reservation but no later than scheduled departure time of flight being changed. Otherwise the ticket will only be valid for refund if applicable.

When more than one fare component is changed the highest penalty of all changed fare components within the journey applies.

Repricing conditions

A. Before departure of journey when the first fare component is changed the itinerary must be re-priced using current fares in effect on the date the ticket is reissued. B. Before departure of journey when changes are to booking code only in the first fare component and result in a higher fare the itinerary must be re-priced using historical fares in effect on the previous ticketing date or using current fares in effect on the date the ticket is reissued - whichever is lower. C. Before departure of journey when there are no changes to the first fare component but other fare components are changed the itinerary must be re-priced using historical fares in effect on the previous ticketing date or using current fares in effect on the date the ticket is reissued- whichever is lower. D. After departure of journey the itinerary must be re-priced using historical fares in effect on the previous ticketing date.

1. If same booking class is used new ticket value must be lower - equal or higher than previous and must comply with all provisions of the new fare being applied. 2. If a different booking class is used new ticket value must be equal or higher than previous and must comply with all provisions of the new fare being applied.

When the itinerary results in a higher fare the difference will be collected. Any applicable change fee still applies.

Any non-refundable amount from a previous ticket remains non-refundable following a change.

No-shows for a flight are considered a cancellation after departure and changes are not permitted.

Ticket is not transferable to another person.