Originally Posted by
PGHflyer
Seems most of you (as expected) get to deal with the UK cancellation fees. I have a US online award booking on BA for which I paid $82.30 per ticket in taxes and fees. So if I cancel this online, am I correct that they are going to NOT refund me any of the $82.30 per ticket PLUS they will charge me $55 (redeposit fee) + $25 (service center fee), or an additional $80 per ticket to get my avios back?
https://www.britishairways.com/conte...d-service-fees
Just curious if any other US award tickets done this recently?
That's not the way it works. You always get all of the Avios back, if it is a redemption ticket. You then get the cash back, but there is a $55 redeposit fee. The service centre fee is only charged if you call to cancel, normally you can do it online, and if you can't then that's a reason to ask the service fee not to be charged. So on a $82 cash component, you should get $27 refunded in addition to the Avios. $55 is the maximum charge, if the cash component was $6 (typical for domestic AA legs) then you just forfeit the $6 and nothing more to pay.