Originally Posted by
moral_low_ground
Sigh - yet another battle with BA for my already ticketed DONE4
I am looking to change the date on one of my flights which I confirmed when ticketed that all changes of dates were free - in looking at the fare rules it just says that changes are permitted but it doesn't say for free and it also doesn't say there is a charge for changes (unless you are changing the routing etc).
Has anything changed with the rules or can someone confirm:
a) All changes to dates are free (where does it actually say they are free or no charge)
b) There is no re-price or re-quote on date changes
The fare rules on the oneworld site seem to indicate the above - from the rules it says: Rebooking is permitted as long as the routing remains the same
I assume a change in date does not mean the ticket needs to be re-issued which would be a $125 USD fee
Think the issue is that not all airlines are allowed to revalidate tickets e.g. QR (DL also as many others), then reissue is the only way to go, and if the USD125.00 will be charged or not is up to the agent handling the change.
British Airways see below:
BA E-TICKETING EN 30AUG24 1846Z
PLEASE REFER TO TGAD-BA PAGE TO SEE CARRIER'S INTERLINE PARTNERS
FOPS NOT ALLOWED:
>MD
EXCHANGES ALLOWED: E-TKT TO E-TKT:Y
E-TKT TO PAPER:Y
PAPER TO E-TKT:N
DISPLAY : /ORG: N /TVL: Y
/FTI: Y /FLT: Y
/FOP: Y /RCI: N
/TKT: Y /FOID: N
HISTORY :Y REVALIDATION :Y
PRINT (US ONLY) :N REFUND :Y
VOID :Y VOID EXCHANGE/REISSUE :Y
CANCEL REFUND :Y
And QR:
QR E-TICKET EN 4MAR25 0822Z
DISPLAY : /ORG: N /TVL: Y
/FTI: Y /FLT: Y
/FOP: Y /RCI: N
/TKT: Y /FOID: Y
HISTORY :Y REVALIDATION :N
PRINT :N REFUND :Y
VOID :Y VOID EXCHANGE/REISSUE :Y
CANCEL REFUND :Y
Airlines are allowed to revalidate E-tickets (segment affected only) then difference in taxes / airfare will not be collected.
TA's always need to reissue the E-ticket and the whole ticket.
And if there's a difference in airfare / tax this needs to be collected.
Otherwise ask Anonba in the British Airways Forum.
Hope this helps.