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Old Mar 15, 2022 | 7:54 am
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Originally Posted by sbonathan
We bought it in the UK (paying in GBP) but first departure was from AMS (to save on taxes). I'm surprised to hear it requires redemption availability as it is a cancelled flight - I thought in those cases as long as there was a seat, they could book us onto that seat.
Thanks, this is all useful information.
For non BA redemptions you do indeed normally need redemption space to fill even an involuntary cancellation, you can sometimes get some wriggle room to upgrade or downgrade the cabin. I think there is still some mindset that redemptions are "free" tickets, which of course they are not. BA's own services are protected by EC261, so that helps there.
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