Extra Taxes for Redemption Change from J to F?
Nov 5, 2018, 7:38 am
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Extra Taxes for Redemption Change from J to F?
I just modified a redemption booking for 2 from LHR-LAX in J to LHR-SJC in F.
I was expecting the change fee to be applied, but was surprised that the rerouting and change of class required another £49-odd of 'taxes' each.
Is this normal, or another example of BA generating new fees for redemptions in F?
(Full details: original booking LHR-LAX-LHR in J out off-peak, back peak. New booking LHR-SJC/LAX-LHR out F off-peak, back J peak.)
I was expecting the change fee to be applied, but was surprised that the rerouting and change of class required another £49-odd of 'taxes' each.
Is this normal, or another example of BA generating new fees for redemptions in F?
(Full details: original booking LHR-LAX-LHR in J out off-peak, back peak. New booking LHR-SJC/LAX-LHR out F off-peak, back J peak.)
Nov 5, 2018, 7:49 am
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£49 in addition to the £35 per person change fee?
There does seem to have been a recent increase in carrier surcharge so it is possible that this is what has caused this. Have you got the breakdown of TFC on your original e-ticket email? If so what was the carrier surcharge figure?
There does seem to have been a recent increase in carrier surcharge so it is possible that this is what has caused this. Have you got the breakdown of TFC on your original e-ticket email? If so what was the carrier surcharge figure?
Nov 5, 2018, 8:06 am
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Yes, there is normally no difference in taxes or charges between J and F (though some people have reported otherwise recently on some specific itineraries but I think that was ex-US) but every time you make a change that requires a ticket to be reissued, taxes and fees will be recalculated and any difference levied. In this case, you are using a different airport which in and by itself may have some different airport charges, and of course, fluctuations in exchange rate also lead to different totals in whatever currency you pay in. Additionally, as others mentioned, unfortunately some of BA's airline surcharge components have recently increased - yet again...
Nov 5, 2018, 8:08 am
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Nov 5, 2018, 9:11 am
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This is just the way that the system works. It's not gouging. Like with so many things in this industry, you win some and you lose some.
Nov 5, 2018, 9:21 am
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What I object to is that it's a charge levied by BA pure and simple - and I was told that it was a 'tax increase'.
I can't see what your observation adds to the discussion, but you're right in that I would probably not have asked the question if I wasn't charged an extra hundred pounds.
I can't see what your observation adds to the discussion, but you're right in that I would probably not have asked the question if I wasn't charged an extra hundred pounds.
Nov 5, 2018, 9:32 am
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Increases in TFC are payable on making a change in a booking, whether it's an award booking or a cash booking, and whether they're levied by BA or by a third party or by a government. So, to answer your original question: yes, it's normal.
Nov 5, 2018, 9:57 am
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I'll bet you wouldn't be saying that if the YQ had reduced between the time of your original booking and the time of ticket reissue, and you had therefore been given a refund.
This is just the way that the system works. It's not gouging. Like with so many things in this industry, you win some and you lose some.
This is just the way that the system works. It's not gouging. Like with so many things in this industry, you win some and you lose some.
It was called a fuel surcharge until a few regulatory bodies noticed the lack of correlation with fuel prices and as they started sniffing around it magically transformed into a non-transparent “general charge”.
How many times has YQ reduced anyway? I’d say that time series has a clear trajectory and it isn’t up and down....
Nov 5, 2018, 10:18 am
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Even if it did I'm sure you wouldn't see a penny of it refunded on a ticket change.
Nov 5, 2018, 10:27 am
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Ah yes, all that YQ that we are still paying on mainline short-haul tickets, for example.Is this from personal experience? On a refundable fare?