Originally Posted by
flarmip
An update on the CEDR case I raised for my relatives, which in the end turned on whether YQ was subject to downgrade reimbursement.
CEDR ruled in their favour, since BA did not provide any evidence that the YQ was the same for both classes of travel. However, they only awarded reimbursement at a 50% pro-rata rate - since the affected portion of the journey was between 1500 and 3499km. That seems slightly stingy since they were not supposed to be changing planes at all - it was booked to be a direct flight, albeit with an intermediate stop (beyond which the flight was cancelled). However overall I'm happy with this outcome, which has not let BA off the hook.
Thanks very much for documenting this, and to my mind it makes no difference if the Carrier Impose Charge was the same, that's a distraction from the fact that YQ and YR are part of the fare for Mennens calculation purposes. I was slightly concerned by "ruled in their favour" since I misread that to mean BA, but of course you meant your relatives. The 50% seems justifiable to me since this was the "lived" experience. But yes, it's good to have that printed, I just wish we can get wording somehow that says YQ = fare.