Clinic Thread – Why is BA’s award availability so bad? And why are the fees so high?
Oct 1, 2012, 2:19 pm
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Oct 1, 2012, 2:51 pm
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Hmmm...I still think it's related to the way BA charges YQ.
BA charges different YQ for the same trip in different directions and plays all sorts of tricks so I suspect the stopover might have "broken" the YQ calculation and caused it to calculate 2 different YQs for the outbound journey and thus causing the increase.
BA charges different YQ for the same trip in different directions and plays all sorts of tricks so I suspect the stopover might have "broken" the YQ calculation and caused it to calculate 2 different YQs for the outbound journey and thus causing the increase.
Oct 1, 2012, 3:14 pm
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Oct 1, 2012, 3:23 pm
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Not quite. If you stop over for more than 24 hours, then the APD kicks in. You're entitled to leave the airport and even sleep overnight. I am doing exactly this in a few months.
Oct 1, 2012, 3:26 pm
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APD + BA change fee £25 + using phone £15 + any other fee that BA could think up while you we're on the phone. It isbpossiblebthey charged young change fee for each and every flight that was changed or altered.
I note the OP says that BA stated taxes which is not only misleading but thoroughly dishonest and exactly how BA describes their fee structure in my experience.
I was charged £160 for changing an F redemption less than 8 hours after it was booked to an open jaw which cannot be done on BA.com.
It is a fee ridden airline and the Ryan air of full service carriers. Know that, understand it and either live with it or fly on some other carrier.
I note the OP says that BA stated taxes which is not only misleading but thoroughly dishonest and exactly how BA describes their fee structure in my experience.
I was charged £160 for changing an F redemption less than 8 hours after it was booked to an open jaw which cannot be done on BA.com.
It is a fee ridden airline and the Ryan air of full service carriers. Know that, understand it and either live with it or fly on some other carrier.
Oct 1, 2012, 3:33 pm
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- The remaining leg from LHR is in WT, so should be on the discounted APD rates
- The APD distance of the remaining flight is under 6000 miles. (But it is just over 4000 for APD purposes)
Ask BA for a breakdown.
It could be a mistaken/erroneous APD calculation...
Oct 1, 2012, 3:45 pm
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Oct 1, 2012, 5:01 pm
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