Nov 17, 2019, 2:13 am
Last edit by: Prospero
Same Day Change (SDC) is known as Free Change on the Day (FCOD) within BA. It is available on Plus and CE revenue tickets, single and return, so long as they are not complicated. It is not available on Avios tickets, redemption tickets issued to other frequent flyer schemes, to open jaw tickets, on carriage (tickets with connections) or any other sort of complexity. Also previously changing a ticket with SDC (FCOD) may make it ineligible for SDC, for example if it now becomes open jaw.
You can change the ticket online, via the Contact Centre or at the airport, but see the thread for details and experiences. You can change only after local midnight - up to one hour before departure - for the leg concerned, and only on to another flight on the same route, you can't switch arrival or departure airport at all. If you want to switch a LHR-NCE to LGW-NCE you would have to pay the fare difference and change fee, though in that example it wouldn't necessarily be a huge cost. If there is bad weather or operational problems BA may allow SDC/FCOD anyway, and that does allow a change to airports.
You can change the ticket online, via the Contact Centre or at the airport, but see the thread for details and experiences. You can change only after local midnight - up to one hour before departure - for the leg concerned, and only on to another flight on the same route, you can't switch arrival or departure airport at all. If you want to switch a LHR-NCE to LGW-NCE you would have to pay the fare difference and change fee, though in that example it wouldn't necessarily be a huge cost. If there is bad weather or operational problems BA may allow SDC/FCOD anyway, and that does allow a change to airports.
FAQ: Same Day Changes (SDC) and Free Change on the Day (FCOD) on BA tickets
Oct 17, 2023, 4:48 am
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And TBH this is really tangential to whether FCOD (or, actually, any change) works after T-60 on BA.com.
I shall have to experiment and report back.
Oct 18, 2023, 12:59 am
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I've tried to search for the answer, but I'm still not clear. Does anyone know if a standard return booked with an OTA is eligible for FCOD?
And if so, can it be done as normal after midnight online, or do you have to phone up to do it?
Some people seem to suggest it might be possible, and others have said they couldn't do it.
And if so, can it be done as normal after midnight online, or do you have to phone up to do it?
Some people seem to suggest it might be possible, and others have said they couldn't do it.
Oct 18, 2023, 1:44 am
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I've tried to search for the answer, but I'm still not clear. Does anyone know if a standard return booked with an OTA is eligible for FCOD?
And if so, can it be done as normal after midnight online, or do you have to phone up to do it?
Some people seem to suggest it might be possible, and others have said they couldn't do it.
And if so, can it be done as normal after midnight online, or do you have to phone up to do it?
Some people seem to suggest it might be possible, and others have said they couldn't do it.
It would depend on exactly what the OTA sold you.
Oct 18, 2023, 8:36 am
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Basic fares - hand baggage only fares - do not have FCOD. Plus fares and CE do. So if you are in CE on a point to point fare you should have it. If in ET and point to point, the big clue is whether checked baggage is included or not.
Oct 18, 2023, 8:54 am
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Any changes should be possible online, and there is a process agents can use too, to make changes via their systems. But worse case scenario is a phone call, so best to allow time for it. I'm sure you are aware that CE is often full, so just because FCOD exists it doesn't mean a particular course of action can happen.
Oct 18, 2023, 12:44 pm
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Hi,
Normally I cannot use SDC/FCOD as I'm on a connecting flight but last Saturday I was in Cambridge and had the 1900 LHR-EDI flight, I used the app and was able to change to the 1755 LHR-EDI flight ( could have booked flights from 1540 but decided to have a relaxing day ( needed also to make a detour via the hilton T4 to pick up a holdall ( saved 30 compared to airport storage and haulage effort to/from Cambridge)
App worked perfectly and was even able to snag 1F
Although only 1 hour earlier, due to public transport from EDI ( tram to Edinburgh park then Scotrail). I got home 2hrs earlier
Regards
TBS
Normally I cannot use SDC/FCOD as I'm on a connecting flight but last Saturday I was in Cambridge and had the 1900 LHR-EDI flight, I used the app and was able to change to the 1755 LHR-EDI flight ( could have booked flights from 1540 but decided to have a relaxing day ( needed also to make a detour via the hilton T4 to pick up a holdall ( saved 30 compared to airport storage and haulage effort to/from Cambridge)
App worked perfectly and was even able to snag 1F
Although only 1 hour earlier, due to public transport from EDI ( tram to Edinburgh park then Scotrail). I got home 2hrs earlier
Regards
TBS
Oct 18, 2023, 2:08 pm
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Hi All
It’s great that this popped up as I was looking to move my booking tomorrow to an earlier flight.
I’m in Club Europe, does this mean I can change my flight tomorrow without any penalty? The fares today were crazy and not really justifiable.
I have just checked in however …
Cheers
It’s great that this popped up as I was looking to move my booking tomorrow to an earlier flight.
I’m in Club Europe, does this mean I can change my flight tomorrow without any penalty? The fares today were crazy and not really justifiable.
I have just checked in however …
Cheers
Oct 18, 2023, 4:51 pm
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Hi All
It’s great that this popped up as I was looking to move my booking tomorrow to an earlier flight.
I’m in Club Europe, does this mean I can change my flight tomorrow without any penalty? The fares today were crazy and not really justifiable.
I have just checked in however …
Cheers
It’s great that this popped up as I was looking to move my booking tomorrow to an earlier flight.
I’m in Club Europe, does this mean I can change my flight tomorrow without any penalty? The fares today were crazy and not really justifiable.
I have just checked in however …
Cheers
See the Wiki for more details, here too.
https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...so%20long%20as
Oct 18, 2023, 11:48 pm
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what I would say is even if the flight you want is not showing up - keep trying. On the EDI route for instance, other people move around and sometimes space pops up nearer to departure so keep trying if not successful straight away.
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Oct 21, 2023, 2:22 pm
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Are BA-marketed, EI-operated flights (in my case LHR-DUB) eligible for FCOD? And if so, can you switch to a BA-operated flight?
Oct 21, 2023, 2:24 pm
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Oct 22, 2023, 12:02 pm
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Recently did a SDC / FCOD on a DUB-LCY and noticed that alternative flights offered just after midnight differed from those offered at 8am next morning due to a couple of last minute cancellations, one of which would have been my option of choice had I changed just after midnight. Luckily by waiting a few hours I didn't find myself having changed to an alternative only to find I'd been automatically rebooked back onto the original 👍