Originally Posted by
Globaliser
The following is the rule that I am thinking of, and I think that it is a standard part of BA's rules. I am not a ticketing expert, and I don't know the detail of how it works. But ISTR that in the past people have had problems with this rule by being made to pay a positive fare difference even though there was inventory and there were valid fares for it that would have resulted in a total lower than the existing ticket value. They couldn't change to the lower fare even if they were prepared to forego any refund; they had to pay up to go to the higher fare.
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VOLUNTARY CHANGES
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AFTER DEPARTURE OF JOURNEY AND WITHIN TICKET VALIDITY
CERTAIN DOMESTIC REISSUE PROVISIONS MAY BE OVERRIDDEN
BY THOSE OF BA INTERNATIONAL FARES
CHARGE GBP 300.00 OR HIGHEST FEE OF ALL CHANGED FARE
COMPONENTS - DISCOUNTS APPLY - NO FEE FOR INFANTS W/O
SEAT AND
REPRICE USING FARES IN EFFECT WHEN TKT WAS ISSUED
PROVIDED ALL OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE MET-
1. WHEN NO INTL COUPONS REMAIN - ALL NEW TRAVEL
MUST BE DOMESTIC
2. CHANGE IS BEFORE ORIGINAL SCHEDULED FLIGHT
3. ANY CARRIER FARES ARE USED
4. ANY FARE TYPE EXCEPT EOU/ERU ARE USED
5. NEW TKT HAS EQUAL OR HIGHER VALUE THAN PREVIOUS
TKT
6. ALL RULE AND BOOKING CODE PROVISIONS ARE MET
7. ADV RES IS MEASURED FROM ORIGINAL TKT DATE TO
DEPARTURE OF PRICING UNIT
WHEN CHANGE RESULTS IN LOWER FARE IGNORE RESIDUAL THEN
ADD-COLLECT
ENDORSEMENT BOX - HIGHER NON-REF AMT AND NEW
ENDORSEMENTS.
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It is to do with the value rather than booking class, so you could in theory downgrade to say Club if the new fare was an equal or higher value. However if your travel dates are before 30th september this year the book with confidence would override this fare rule anyway, and you could move to a lower fare and get the difference back as a voucher.