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Old Nov 18, 2020 | 2:47 am
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Originally Posted by Pilot37
If you book a route during the sales and your flight is cancelled, then BA have to accommodate you when you want to fly, regardless of what fare classes are left on that route. So you could move your mid-January dirt cheap flights to a packed out bank holiday weekend later in the year (for example) and as long as there is space left in your cabin BA will rebook you (e.g. if you bought an 'I' class business fare and you want to re-schedule for a weekend when only J class is available, if BA cancelled the flight then they most accommodate you on the rebooking)

Pilot37
Ah, OK: something like the Lufthansa approach to rebooking.

Sadly my rebooking there failed because of the 12-month validity of my ticket - bought in January2020 for (airline-cancelled) travel in August2020. The theory is I could rebook up to December2021, except that Lufthansa refuse to revalidate the ticket beyond its January2021 expiry.

The soution they offer id to get a refund and by a new ticket.... at twice the price

Is BA finding a way around that problem?
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