Originally Posted by
Concerto
In Germany Lufthansa got taken to court for doing this sort of thing, making changes without giving any notice. Result was they now have to give 3 months notice when they want to make a change, which seems fair to me.
I don't see the issue here - airfares change all the time. Everyone knows the price can double (or halve) overnight.
Originally Posted by
erikh94
It'd be very interesting if this happens here with BA, as they say in their own T&Cs that "British Airways and/or AGL will give as much advance notice as practicable of such action", and they go on specifying that this this "include [...] modifying the right to earn or redeem Avios points including the rates of redemptions". Anyone with a lot of time and play money on their watch (and pocket)?
One issue is whether "rates of redemption" include only the number of Avios required (as that is what is being redeemed, whereas the cash component is not redeemed). The other is what is "practicable" in a highly competitive and fast-moving market.
I imagine the problem here is folks who take the 50p option, possibly on multiple different flights, cancel most a few days out, losing basically nothing (indeed this has been discussed on some blogs). This loophole is now closed.