No "deposit" option on BA Holidays
Feb 14, 2020, 12:37 pm
#1
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No "deposit" option on BA Holidays
I am trying to book flight + hotel to Japan but only need hotel for the first 3 days (we will also visit Jeju for a week and use AirBnb, hence no need for hotel in Osaka for entire 2 weeks).
In the past I was able to use the deposit option, as long as the hotel was for a minimum of 3 days, the BA Holiday rules applied even if the flight were weeks apart, did not have to book for entire stay.
However, it asks for entire payment upfront now. Has something change or is a bug?
EDIT: I am using the "Flight+Hotel" option to book, with sub-option "Don't need hotel for entire trip". Always worked in the past, as long as trip under 5 weeks (trip is under 5 months).
In the past I was able to use the deposit option, as long as the hotel was for a minimum of 3 days, the BA Holiday rules applied even if the flight were weeks apart, did not have to book for entire stay.
However, it asks for entire payment upfront now. Has something change or is a bug?
EDIT: I am using the "Flight+Hotel" option to book, with sub-option "Don't need hotel for entire trip". Always worked in the past, as long as trip under 5 weeks (trip is under 5 months).
Last edited by OGG flyer; Feb 14, 2020 at 12:46 pm
Feb 14, 2020, 12:42 pm
#3
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Unless the trip was in less than 5 weeks or the cost of the trip was less than the deposit, then this is a bug.
Feb 14, 2020, 1:06 pm
#4
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General advice is to fiddle with the options. See these recent threads:
Booking Holiday to Japan no deposit option
Is there a minimum cost for BA holiday to pay a deposit?
Booking Holiday to Japan no deposit option
Is there a minimum cost for BA holiday to pay a deposit?
Feb 14, 2020, 1:10 pm
#5
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General advice is to fiddle with the options. See these recent threads:
Booking Holiday to Japan no deposit option
Is there a minimum cost for BA holiday to pay a deposit?
Booking Holiday to Japan no deposit option
Is there a minimum cost for BA holiday to pay a deposit?
Feb 14, 2020, 1:19 pm
#8
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Yes, I am one the posters that replied to one of the above quoted posts above. However, in this case there is no more fiddling I could think of, which make me suspect that either something has changed recently (hotel needs to be for entire stay) or it is a bug. What other fiddling could I do?
Feb 14, 2020, 5:17 pm
#14
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Five weeks, If the booking is more than 5 weeks out try deleting your cookies or a different browser. I tend to try a zillion options and at one point the "computer say's no" and a cache empty fixes that.