Same Day Changes Codeshare Flights
Oct 26, 2018, 3:22 pm
#16
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Yes someone inadvertantly changed your booking for free in error.
There is a set of eligbility criteria available to BA contact centre agents. It is absolutely clear that its only BA operated flights that it can be done on. Free change on the day involves a process that opens up the same booking class on new flight, this can only be done as part of as an automated BA revenue management process it couldnt be done on other carriers.
Anyone who’s not on an HBO/redemption on a European route over the next few days care to give it a try? I’ve managed to lock all my future flights in this year as HBOs which, had I realised that makes them non-changeable, I’d not have done.
Dec 27, 2018, 5:29 am
#17
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Just wanted to report here something I didn’t know about free same day changes (SDC) and codeshares and wasn’t clear from the threads I’d read here or the fare rules.
I have previously tried to do a change at an airport from a BA ticketed EI operated flight and was denied. I’d assumed this was because of a policy for these changes only applying to BA tickets on BA metal.
Today (and from the app) I’ve just swapped from BA ticketed BA metal to AY metal for free. I’ve yet to try swapping away from another carrier back to BA but I have the feeling that would work too.
I have previously tried to do a change at an airport from a BA ticketed EI operated flight and was denied. I’d assumed this was because of a policy for these changes only applying to BA tickets on BA metal.
Today (and from the app) I’ve just swapped from BA ticketed BA metal to AY metal for free. I’ve yet to try swapping away from another carrier back to BA but I have the feeling that would work too.
Dec 27, 2018, 6:57 am
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you are not supposed to be able to. However I seem to remember one person did post that he had done in the last few months so I guess you may get lucky.