'Hold your flight price' tickets
May 18, 2019, 1:47 pm
#1
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Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 78
'Hold your flight price' tickets
Question for anyone that knows the ins and outs of ticketing: If you hold a flight price on ba.com for 72 hours and then honour it by paying the fare a day or two later, does it become a different type of ticket to one that is just paid up front, and therefore less eligible for op-ups, or even paid upgrades?
i.e. do the computer systems go 'this is a ticket that escaped a price rise for three days and therefore it is not eligible for any other perks'
I hope this question is understandable.
i.e. do the computer systems go 'this is a ticket that escaped a price rise for three days and therefore it is not eligible for any other perks'
I hope this question is understandable.
May 18, 2019, 2:02 pm
#2
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: LHR, LGW
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 3,427
I don’t think there is any ticket generated at that point when you hold the price, I could be wrong but I understand that it simply holds the price and that is it. Once you pay the fare, you are then given a full ticket. But others may confirm this.
May 18, 2019, 2:28 pm
#3
Join Date: Nov 2018
Location: BER
Programs: BA GGL, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,843
i was told Wednesday that holding the prices does exactly that. Holding the price. It doesn’t hold the fare. If the fare disappears, you have nothing. You get a ticket, when you pay the Ticket and a pnr
Last edited by Nephoi; May 18, 2019 at 2:37 pm
May 18, 2019, 4:02 pm
#5
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Posts: 78
Ok, so lets say a ticket costs £500, I hold the price and two days later I purchase the ticket from my hold; I then notice that the published price is still £500. Would that ticket be equal to mine if my 'identical twin' bought that one instead?
May 18, 2019, 4:20 pm
#7
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Brighton. UK
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Ba's IT system is definitely not this clever.