BA CPT-MAD/BCN return in F for £667 - Biltong (now dead)
Nov 29, 2018, 6:49 am
#196
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 61
Quick question for those more knowledgeable on such things.
I flew CPT-BCN a couple of weeks back and have the return coming up in a couple of weeks.
I'm just wondering if it could be possible to break BCN-CPT into BCN-LHR and then LHR-CPT - keeping the long haul flight as is, but shifting the short haul to a week or so earlier?
Does that sound doable and if so is it likely to trigger a big change fee?
Any advice gratefully received!
I flew CPT-BCN a couple of weeks back and have the return coming up in a couple of weeks.
I'm just wondering if it could be possible to break BCN-CPT into BCN-LHR and then LHR-CPT - keeping the long haul flight as is, but shifting the short haul to a week or so earlier?
Does that sound doable and if so is it likely to trigger a big change fee?
Any advice gratefully received!
Nov 30, 2018, 1:15 am
#198
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: LAX / TXL
Posts: 2,185
Quick question for those more knowledgeable on such things.
I flew CPT-BCN a couple of weeks back and have the return coming up in a couple of weeks.
I'm just wondering if it could be possible to break BCN-CPT into BCN-LHR and then LHR-CPT - keeping the long haul flight as is, but shifting the short haul to a week or so earlier?
Does that sound doable and if so is it likely to trigger a big change fee?
Any advice gratefully received!
I flew CPT-BCN a couple of weeks back and have the return coming up in a couple of weeks.
I'm just wondering if it could be possible to break BCN-CPT into BCN-LHR and then LHR-CPT - keeping the long haul flight as is, but shifting the short haul to a week or so earlier?
Does that sound doable and if so is it likely to trigger a big change fee?
Any advice gratefully received!
Should add aprox. GBP 200 in taxes as a UK stopover triggers the departure tax imo.
Dec 8, 2018, 8:42 am
#200
Join Date: Jun 2008
Programs: BA Gold, and others
Posts: 375
Did the change as well, 6000 or something change fee before the first flight, but completely free after first segment flown. Kept the stopover to 23h30min or something (as opposed to the original 3 hours), so there were no tax implications either.
Jan 14, 2019, 9:32 am
#201
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 9
Hey Guys,
reading here a long time before I registered.
I booked this fare for April. Does anybody have expirieneces if it is possible to check the luagge only to London? My connection time in London is just 2,5h hours. Traveling home from London would be much easier than from BCN ...
reading here a long time before I registered.
I booked this fare for April. Does anybody have expirieneces if it is possible to check the luagge only to London? My connection time in London is just 2,5h hours. Traveling home from London would be much easier than from BCN ...
Jan 14, 2019, 9:37 am
#202
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: UK
Programs: BA Gold
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Hey Guys,
reading here a long time before I registered.
I booked this fare for April. Does anybody have expirieneces if it is possible to check the luagge only to London? My connection time in London is just 2,5h hours. Traveling home from London would be much easier than from BCN ...
reading here a long time before I registered.
I booked this fare for April. Does anybody have expirieneces if it is possible to check the luagge only to London? My connection time in London is just 2,5h hours. Traveling home from London would be much easier than from BCN ...
Policy is to check luggage to final destination. Is there a way you can go hand baggage only? Or see if you can get the price of the BCN to be moved from LGW / next day. I am sure this is easier once you've started your journey
Jan 14, 2019, 9:46 am
#203
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
Posts: 10,128
Hey Guys,
reading here a long time before I registered.
I booked this fare for April. Does anybody have expirieneces if it is possible to check the luagge only to London? My connection time in London is just 2,5h hours. Traveling home from London would be much easier than from BCN ...
reading here a long time before I registered.
I booked this fare for April. Does anybody have expirieneces if it is possible to check the luagge only to London? My connection time in London is just 2,5h hours. Traveling home from London would be much easier than from BCN ...
Good advice from mikefly there but may I also emphasise his point, and as I understand it but I'm certainly no expert, best to try and change it perhaps AFTER you have flown the first leg. I'm sure one of fare rule experts may be along as it's really not my thing and it'll be interesting to read more comments on this.
However, you may also want to consider if it is possible to change the BCN date to a future date for use? @:-)
Welcome aboard!
Jan 14, 2019, 11:46 am
#204
Join Date: Jan 2019
Posts: 9
Handbage only is not possible so i have tried to change the leg LHR-BCN to another flight/date but then they do a ridiculous recalculation as someone mentioned before.
The Problem with changing after the first leg is, that i have only booked oneway CPT-LHR-BCN :-)
By the way, how many people flown this fare till now ? I assume that there will be no problems anymore.
The Problem with changing after the first leg is, that i have only booked oneway CPT-LHR-BCN :-)
By the way, how many people flown this fare till now ? I assume that there will be no problems anymore.
Jan 14, 2019, 2:26 pm
#205
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Handbage only is not possible so i have tried to change the leg LHR-BCN to another flight/date but then they do a ridiculous recalculation as someone mentioned before.
The Problem with changing after the first leg is, that i have only booked oneway CPT-LHR-BCN :-)
By the way, how many people flown this fare till now ? I assume that there will be no problems anymore.
The Problem with changing after the first leg is, that i have only booked oneway CPT-LHR-BCN :-)
By the way, how many people flown this fare till now ? I assume that there will be no problems anymore.
I know a fair few who have flown this now, I am heading out in April myself. You MIGHT be able to short check the bags as I was offered this at the F checkin at Joburg before but don't rely on it, The best option you probably have is to get off at London go to the BA desks in the baggage hall and say you wont be continuing the journey and want offloaded / get your luggage back. Its not a good idea to do this and is highly frowned upon but might be your only option.
Jan 15, 2019, 8:06 am
#206
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I think if the bag is checked in to BCN, due to it being T3-T3 if you go to BA and ask for it back during the connection you will be waiting a long LONG time, probably until sometime after the departure time of the BCN flight.
Jan 15, 2019, 11:51 am
#207
Join Date: Jul 2018
Posts: 1,271
Handbage only is not possible so i have tried to change the leg LHR-BCN to another flight/date but then they do a ridiculous recalculation as someone mentioned before.
The Problem with changing after the first leg is, that i have only booked oneway CPT-LHR-BCN :-)
By the way, how many people flown this fare till now ? I assume that there will be no problems anymore.
The Problem with changing after the first leg is, that i have only booked oneway CPT-LHR-BCN :-)
By the way, how many people flown this fare till now ? I assume that there will be no problems anymore.
Jan 16, 2019, 2:49 pm
#208
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I managed to snag this great deal, just before it was pulled. Few dates were still available and the only dates that suited was out on a Wednesday and back on the Thursday. I am taking 10.20 to BCN, 17.15 to LHR and then 21:10 to JNB. I wouldn't mind pushing the JNB flight back to the following day, however currently A0 for both A380 flights. I was thinking of getting back from BCN earlier to have more time in the CCR. Once I get to LHR I assume I can change flight easily, I arrive in BCN at 13.30, would I be able to back to back on the 14.15 if I made it back to the gate before boarding had finished?
Feb 11, 2019, 12:39 am
#209
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Netherlands
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I managed to snag this great deal, just before it was pulled. Few dates were still available and the only dates that suited was out on a Wednesday and back on the Thursday. I am taking 10.20 to BCN, 17.15 to LHR and then 21:10 to JNB. I wouldn't mind pushing the JNB flight back to the following day, however currently A0 for both A380 flights. I was thinking of getting back from BCN earlier to have more time in the CCR. Once I get to LHR I assume I can change flight easily, I arrive in BCN at 13.30, would I be able to back to back on the 14.15 if I made it back to the gate before boarding had finished?
Feb 11, 2019, 12:43 am
#210
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And just to add another data point: I flew on the BA54 JNB-LHR this Saturday night, then yesterday on the BA474 to BCN, successfully. Had a good seven hours of sleep on the A380, and really liked the hard product. So many thanks to BA for honoring this great deal ^