Pocalypse

I'm looking to book a USA-LHR-TLV return, and I'm trying to find out if the fare is refundable or not (for a fee). It's in club world in I class.

Booking on BA.com, after choosing flights it has the section for fare rules which says:

Looking on expertflyer, I can find the exact same price for fare INNC05S5, and the fare rules say:

So which is it? Non-refundable, or refundable for a $450 fee? BA.com does not give me the exact fare basis code, so I can't be sure I'm looking at the same one, but on expertflyer this is the only one that matches the price.

corporate-wage-slave

This isn't so unusual. There will be two identical fares with slightly different change rules / fees and it's luck of the draw as to which one shows up online. For this you absolutely need to ring up, you can be sure that the fare rules you are seeing will be the ones applied to your ticket. Having said that, if you are a regular BA traveller then the fact that the first one has a retained value for cancellations - which is typical for USA issued tickets - may be good enough for your purposes. If you are trying to avoid the telephone fee I guess you could try booking the shown fare and then calling up, since within 24 hours you can make changes without additional fees, just fare difference, and a full refund is possible if it doesn't work out. Note also that ITA Matrix isn't foolproof, just because it's showing to you doesn't mean it is necessarily available. ITA won't show Private BA fares either.

[However since you are GGL, I'm not sure why you're asking here!]

Often1

1. BA controls its own tickets. So, the BA fare rules will prevail over anything any other channel says.
2. BA I fares are typically, although not always, fully inflexible and non-refundable. Thus, what you see on the BA site has the ring of truth.
3. Extrapolating the BA fare basis by comparing fares is no assurance.

Why not call BA and ask for the full fare basis?

Pocalypse

Thanks CWS and Often1. I'll call up and ask for it specifically and see what they say. This would be for a family member who isn't a regular traveler, so keeping the ticket for a different date wouldn't be useful.

I try to ask here before calling, as usually I learn a lot more from you guys than from BA directly .

YYCCL3

Similar question:

I booked a ticket on the weekend, by poking around on Expedia and Expertflyer I was pretty sure that I was being offered on BA.com was likely INWT08S5, which according to the filed fare on EF carries a $200 cancellation charge but appears to be otherwise refundable before departure ?

Thanks to other helpful folks on this forum, I found that I have indeed been ticket on INWT08S5 for the outbound and INXT08S5 for the inbound, both of which appear to have the $200 cancellation charge. BA.com, as the OP, shows that the fare is non refundable. Which is correct ?

Globaliser

What does ITA say when you pull up the same fare as ba.com? (Remember to adjust for the GDS fee.)

YYCCL3

I can't pull it up for the same dates on ITA, but on other dates it shows the same $200 cancellation charge that I pulled from EF.

Allow me to clarify as well, I made the booking through BA.com - only mentioned Expedia as I used it to price it out and view the fare rules and fare basis on offer (as on Expedia you can do that before actually purchasing a ticket).