TTmex

Thank you. I've thankfully got none of the things myself yet, but I will be passing this onto my friend.

My belief is come August I will acquire my first one, as we have a 'maybe' booking with Iberia to Portugal. However, I did factor in that it might not happen, so am ok with the risk, Especially as I will have to travel to Madrid and to UK at some point for work/study, so I have a way to use it.

tuonopepper

I used 3 'original' FTVs solely in my name towards 1 new booking also solely in my name so that's doable. I have 1 remaining FTV that I believe I can put towards my part of this new family booking.

What I'm unsure about is come August 22nd if I cancel and ask for a voucher, it it will still be individual PX FTVs x 6 or 1 'megavoucher' that's essentially just a bucket of money to use.

VSLover

would i be able to get a FTV for this:

booked flight jan 2020 (ie pre mar 3 2020). once covid started i moved the flight many times and eventually cashed in this flight for a more expensive flight in march 2021.

is the policy for a new FTV based on the original jan 2020 purchase date or the most recent re-issuance of the ticket for the march 2021 flight (which was december)?

basically i want to know if i can change my march flight again with no change fee--and if the policy applies to the very first booking made under this record locator despite it having been reissued a number of times since.

thanks

corporate-wage-slave

It could be either, however megavouchers seem to be possible for simple bookings only, and that's not something we allow in this forum. So I would assume of 6 x FTVs. There may be a small merit in breaking up groups around possible cancellation scenarios but in any event breaking up a PNR is relatively simple.

Chrisnichols

Hi everyone,

Hoping someone will be able to help with this....

I have a BAH booking, flight and car hire to Orlando:
13 feb LHR - MCO BA0205
20 Feb MCO - LHR BA0204

I obviously won’t be able to travel, and I’ve been keeping my eye on the flights to see if they get cancelled. Yesterday, there was an aircraft change, and today, the flights no longer seem to be bookable on The website (no direct flights until April now).

I would like to change the dates of these if they have indeed been cancelled, and I understand that you can change to a future date within 12 months of the ticket issue date.

However, these were initially booked as economy, then after several route changes I upgraded to club for a very good price. My question is, is the 12 month period from the initial BAH booking, the route change date, or when we upgraded to club?

If anyone is also able to confirm of the flights have been cancelled, that would be great.

Thanks everyone - just want to make sure so know the options before calling tonight/tomorrow

corporate-wage-slave

What do you mean by "cashed in"? Did you apply for a refund and then rebook? Use an FTV? Or just kept paying the change fees?

VSLover

just kept paying the change fees because at the time i was making the changes, the pre mar 3 flights were not eligible for changes w no change fee. the last FTV i was issued under this locator was aug 2020 if that matters. when i changed flights at the time they cancelled out the flight, issued the FTV which was immediately used for the new mar 2021 booking.

corporate-wage-slave

BAH is different to Flight Only bookings, if your trip is non viable then you will get a full refund even if the flight goes ahead. In terms of rebooking, the flight sector should be changeable for a new date and in the current (CW) cabin, but then it depends a bit on your car hire conditions as to how this gets repriced. I suspect Florida car hire is going to be reasonably flexible. Now I have been preaching the gospel of "no maybe bookings" for over 6 months now (no-one is listening but that's ok) and you can hopefully see the problem here: if you allow a refund, which I think you will be given at 3 weeks to departure or thereabouts, you have cash in your pocket, which is a better idea than an interest-free loan to BA, on BA's terms, when they could go theoretically go bankrupt (etc) if this pandemic has yet another ugly turn. If you really want this "maybe booking" then the flights can be changed without extra cost, but it then depends on your car package what the cost implications are, and whether that is a sensible thing to do given all the uncertainties. On the other hand, if you do nothing, there's a good chance that BA will pro-actively cancel and refund your booking.

corporate-wage-slave

I'm still somewhat confused given the mention of FTVs, but let me come up with a simplistic scenario:
- you have a flight in March 2021. You paid for this with an FTV when you made a new booking in August 2020.
You therefore can FTV again or wait for a cancellation. A cancellation will give you a refund, losing all the change fees, but it's cash. If cancelled you can rebook to new dates. Beware of.....

Chrisnichols

Thanks CWS, really appreciate your advice and comments about the risk of keeping the booking rather than just getting a refund (as you say, definitely the lowest risk option).

If we were to move the flights and car hire, and it was priced attractively, do you know if the 12 month period be:

July 21 (12m from the original booking)
Oct 21 (12m from when I upgraded to CW)

This will decide how we proceed, as the earliest I’d want to book anything for would be the summer

corporate-wage-slave

If it was Flight Only then July 2021. But you are not Flight Only.

LucyK1806

Back in October 2020 I booked one of the special £999 Club fares and packaged this with car hire to turn into a BAH booking, and duly paid £350 deposit.

The flights booked were cancelled and I rebooked them for September this year.

I note this date is outwith the BWC dates of travel by 31st August.

If I decide not to travel, will I lose the deposit? The route is LHR/LAX.

Tks

corporate-wage-slave

Correct, at the moment. It may change nearer the time, but I'm advocating people do not move bookings if there is cancel/refund option.

brithk

Has anyone heard about whether the book with confidence travel dates will be extended after Aug 2021? I would like to book flights into the Autumn but a bit wary....

Will100

Im sure they will, there are many other wary bookers out there