Is this a bug, or is BA just really expensive on one-way tickets going via London?
Feb 5, 2012, 1:10 pm
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Feb 5, 2012, 1:29 pm
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Read my post again: If I spilt it, I can fly DUS-LHR for 70 EUR, and LHR-OSL for 75 GBP.
Feb 5, 2012, 2:15 pm
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No it isn't. It is due to the fact that only the business class fare from LHR-OSL can be combined with another international fare.
Feb 5, 2012, 2:43 pm
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It's not anything to do with BA's pricing but more to do with some Euro bureaucratic nonsense which makes certain one way fares inside Europe very expensive. Try a FRA-ZRH flight and you won't get anything cheaper than several hundred pounds on LH....an IB flight from MAD-ZRH suffers a similar fate.....over £400.
It is purely commecial policy by the airlines concerned that keeps certain fares high.
Feb 5, 2012, 2:54 pm
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It's not a bug.
As has been said, BA does not typically publish through-fares for international Europe -> Europe connections via LHR (other than ex-ROI, there very few exceptions).
The problem stopping you from getting a discounted fare is that your journey is being priced as two oneway fares. These two oneway fares, under BA's current fare structure, do not combine on the same ticket. A discounted oneway fare will only combine with a full J class oneway fare, hence the eye watering quote. Previously, such combinations have been possible but must be well over a year since this was no longer the case. It will not quote as a roundtrip (even something as simple as DUS-LHR-AMS) due to international openjaw at point of origin.
Two return journeys should combine on the same ticket (you could price FRA-LHR-FRA together with LHR-OSL-LHR). Otherwise, your best bet is to buy two separate tickets (with the obvious risks they entail).
As has been said, BA does not typically publish through-fares for international Europe -> Europe connections via LHR (other than ex-ROI, there very few exceptions).
The problem stopping you from getting a discounted fare is that your journey is being priced as two oneway fares. These two oneway fares, under BA's current fare structure, do not combine on the same ticket. A discounted oneway fare will only combine with a full J class oneway fare, hence the eye watering quote. Previously, such combinations have been possible but must be well over a year since this was no longer the case. It will not quote as a roundtrip (even something as simple as DUS-LHR-AMS) due to international openjaw at point of origin.
Two return journeys should combine on the same ticket (you could price FRA-LHR-FRA together with LHR-OSL-LHR). Otherwise, your best bet is to buy two separate tickets (with the obvious risks they entail).
I can see the commercial logic when most European legacy carriers do not offer discounted economy one-way fares. Scandinavia would be an exception, though, with SK offering such fares so this is one market where you would have expected BA to keep to previous policy.
Feb 5, 2012, 3:08 pm
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With due respect, HIDDY, this is pure, undiluted nonsense. EU law in the field has done exactly the reverse of what you say, viz. it has liberalised air fares so that airlines within the EU (and some neighbouring countries) are entirely free to set whichever fares they wish on intra-EU routes.
It is purely commecial policy by the airlines concerned that keeps certain fares high.
It is purely commecial policy by the airlines concerned that keeps certain fares high.
I seem to recall reading something a while back saying there was a reason for these astronomical one way fares on certain routes and it wasn't the airlines doing. Seems crazy in the days of competing with LCC's they should continue to offer direct one way fares like FRA-ZRH, MAD-ZRH and others for hundreds of pounds.
