72 Hour Hold Price Change?
May 3, 2019, 2:09 am
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72 Hour Hold Price Change?
On Wednesday I paid £5 to hold a booking LHR-TXL-LHR. Now that my plans are confirmed I went into the BA app to pay for the flights but was unable to and told to call my local service centre.
I called the BA Silver line and the rather nice guy from India on the other end told me that I was unable to do it as the price of the ticket had gone up by £43 but because I have done the £5 hold they will still honour my original price however it would have to go through the ticketing department and could take up to 24 hours to confirm.
The odd thing is that I went and checked to see what the price would be if I did a fresh booking, and it was only £6 more than the price that I had held on Wednesday and was booking into the same class (N). Any ideas why this might be happening?
I called the BA Silver line and the rather nice guy from India on the other end told me that I was unable to do it as the price of the ticket had gone up by £43 but because I have done the £5 hold they will still honour my original price however it would have to go through the ticketing department and could take up to 24 hours to confirm.
The odd thing is that I went and checked to see what the price would be if I did a fresh booking, and it was only £6 more than the price that I had held on Wednesday and was booking into the same class (N). Any ideas why this might be happening?
Last edited by wilsnunn; May 3, 2019 at 2:11 am Reason: Too many typos
May 3, 2019, 2:22 am
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On Wednesday I paid £5 to hold a booking LHR-TXL-LHR. Now that my plans are confirmed I went into the BA app to pay for the flights but was unable to and told to call my local service centre.
I called the BA Silver line and the rather nice guy from India on the other end told me that I was unable to do it as the price of the ticket had gone up by £43 but because I have done the £5 hold they will still honour my original price however it would have to go through the ticketing department and could take up to 24 hours to confirm.
The odd thing is that I went and checked to see what the price would be if I did a fresh booking, and it was only £6 more than the price that I had held on Wednesday and was booking into the same class (N). Any ideas why this might be happening?
I called the BA Silver line and the rather nice guy from India on the other end told me that I was unable to do it as the price of the ticket had gone up by £43 but because I have done the £5 hold they will still honour my original price however it would have to go through the ticketing department and could take up to 24 hours to confirm.
The odd thing is that I went and checked to see what the price would be if I did a fresh booking, and it was only £6 more than the price that I had held on Wednesday and was booking into the same class (N). Any ideas why this might be happening?
May 3, 2019, 2:28 am
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