Originally Posted by
bisonrav
I’ve made this point before, but your conditions of sale with an OTA are not the same as with an airline. If they decide a ticket is nonrefundable without a service charge, that’s how it is, and you don’t have chargeback protection.
this is such a large differential it would set alarm bells ringing. What’s the saying about something seeming too good to be true?
most likely it’ll either get ticketed or fail to get ticketed and a refund generated. In other words it’s probably ok. Just saying I wouldn’t take it (but I wouldn’t pay £4k for F either lol)
That is correct, but the OP has stated that non-refundable is fine and even if the OP ends up becoming sick and unable to travel the travel insurance would presumably cover that. If the OTA went bankrupt, you still have chargeback protection - the only instance in which you don't is if there has been no breach of terms, i.e. if the OP wanted to cancel a non-refundable fare booked with the OTA, which would have been refundable if booked with BA.
If the OP is happy with the cancellation policy of the flights on the OTA (and any associated cancellation costs through the OTA) I can't see the issue. The risk of changes to the flights this close to departure is minimal save for delays on the day, in which case the flights are under airport control anyways (and thus the contact is with BA and not the OTA).