Too much for too little?
Oct 4, 2017, 5:29 am
#16
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There are no increased in APD for UuA from WTP to CW. The OP was charged the right amount during purchase of his WTP ticket.
The 56 USD is in the ballpark of all UuA WTP --> CW I have done.
The 56 USD is in the ballpark of all UuA WTP --> CW I have done.
Oct 4, 2017, 5:59 am
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Oct 4, 2017, 6:25 am
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Correct. If you had a JFK-LHR-JFK ticket in WT+, and you upgraded both ways to CW using Avios, the cash element should have been something like $656 (using an ITA quote obtained today).
Do you know whether your ticket has been reissued yet? If it hasn't, this might yet be something that will be caught by ticketing.
One way of checking (if you don't use MyFlights) is to go to https://classic.checkmytrip.com/plne...&SITE=XCMTXXNS and see what the main page says about your e-tickets and also what the e-ticket receipt tab says (if there is one).
Do you know whether your ticket has been reissued yet? If it hasn't, this might yet be something that will be caught by ticketing.
One way of checking (if you don't use MyFlights) is to go to https://classic.checkmytrip.com/plne...&SITE=XCMTXXNS and see what the main page says about your e-tickets and also what the e-ticket receipt tab says (if there is one).
If this is a mistake, and it is caught, what happens...do they cancel it automatically or do they give me an opportunity to pay the additional cost?
There is no eticket number showing either in mmb or through the link you gave
Thank you as always for your great advice.
Last edited by carrington1; Oct 4, 2017 at 6:30 am Reason: Addition
Oct 4, 2017, 7:02 am
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I just followed your link. I can see my booking but there is no eticket receipt tab nor does it show any money paid anywhere.
If this is a mistake, and it is caught, what happens...do they cancel it automatically or do they give me an opportunity to pay the additional cost?
There is no eticket number showing either in mmb or through the link you gave
If this is a mistake, and it is caught, what happens...do they cancel it automatically or do they give me an opportunity to pay the additional cost?
There is no eticket number showing either in mmb or through the link you gave
Oct 4, 2017, 10:58 am
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Are you saying that ticket surcharges can vary by hundreds of dollars if one flies jfk-Lhr/Lhr-jfk...rather than the same return route in reverse order?
Oct 4, 2017, 11:17 am
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I gave the figure for a JFK-LHR-JFK UuA from WT+ --> CW earlier (USD 656 today). The round-trip YQ surcharge in WT+ is USD 300 and in CW is USD 956.
For LHR-JFK-LHR, the increase for WT+ --> CW using today's prices appears to be GBP 86 (= ~USD 114). The round-trip YQ surcharge in WT+ is GBP 203 and in CW is GBP 289.
Oct 4, 2017, 12:19 pm
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Gosh...it's a complicated unbalanced world...and thats before one attempts to keep up with all the many nuanced details expressed here on this forum. Thank you again for helping me to understand so much of it.
Oct 4, 2017, 1:29 pm
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Does this change with POS as I upgraded a return segment from Houston to LHR WT+ to J for only £16 each (+25,000 Avios).
Oct 5, 2017, 3:57 am
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If it was a LHR-IAH-LHR ticket, then AIUI you should pay at the rates applicable to an LHR-IAH-LHR ticket. Looking at today's prices, if you upgraded a WT+/WT+ ticket to a WT+/CW ticket, it ought to have been £50 per person plus the applicable Avios.