Originally Posted by onlysuites

I bought a base fare at £500 and have flown the outbound. Tried to change the inbound to a week earlier and found the flight I wanted with the Premium Economy fare class that I was booked in originally. It wouldn't do the change online and the BA rep wanted £250 extra for the base fare.

Shouldn't the base fare stay the same if I am booking the same class for the new dates? She told me that when I booked the base fare was £500 and now it's £750. Anyway her computer was auto quoting the £250 base fare and £108 to change the ticket.

I thought that if I bought T class at £500 and then change the return after flying outbound my base fare is locked in for the return? Is she right in charging £250 extra for the T class thats for sale now?

Originally Posted by onlysuites

So the flight I want has both the T and N class available + in the same season. Yet they are asking for £600 including the change fee. I don't get it.

Will try calling again later to see with a different operator.

Originally Posted by Globaliser

The only other thing I can suggest is that if you get an unexpectedly high quote, ask what fare bases are being used for the new ticket. That may give you a clue as to what is happening.

I'm a bit puzzled by a total cost of change of £600. The change fee is INR 10000, which is about £92. That implies a fare difference of just over £500 for the half round-trip being changed, or a round-trip fare difference of just over £1,000. But as far as I can see, looking at fares valid today, there is no T class fare that is £1,000 more than today's TLXC0NS6, which is £392 (if priced in GBP); the highest T class fare that EF is showing me is £1,061 round-trip.

If another call doesn't produce any more joy, then the problem is beyond my (very limited) knowledge and understanding.