GBOAC

But you'd be better off waiting until, say 7 days before departure, on the likely chance BA canced. It seems some long-haul destinations are cancelled about 3-4 weeks out.

dadio77

Hello, am I missing something on the options around these 50% flights? I rebooked a reward flight to DXB during the promotion for May 21 to get the 50% deal, and just noticed loads of F availability released. I was thinking of extending my DXB stay in lieu of other recent cancellations, so changed the inbound date for a week later, and on the re-booking page, I am being asked to pay £18 tax increase only, no mention of additional avios - is it really that simple and flexible to change these flights?

Will100

It seems to be allowing changes to any off peak date, including past June. 😎

Brighterside

Can someone please confirm that I have the correct interpretation for the following

Flight details booked with an FTV in the 50% Avios sale 7/10/20 using 2-4-1 now expires Apr 2022 all in Club - Avios from original booking giving the FTV redeposited back to BAEC then new Avios needed debited.

NCL-LHR 23 Feb Cxld by BA (rebooked by BA to 22nd Feb)
LHR-MCO 23 Feb Cxld by BA(no rebooking)
MCO-LHR-NCL 30 Mar still operational

I have not confirmed anything about the changes to BA , MMB is not an option so will need to phone BA to amend/cancel.

I think I can do one of the following:-

1. Cancel for full refund or take another FTV
2. Rebook the same journey with travel to be completed by 30th June with no extra Avios needed + possible smallchange in taxes
3 Rebook the same journey with travel to be completed by 7th October under commercial policy as per Karfa's #11 post if that is still current - with a question as to whether extra Avios need to be paid.

Rebooking would be Off Peak to Off Peak and very unlikely that Avios seats wouldn't be available. All travel subject to the rules andregulations of the countries concerned.

sjoh1271

Wanted to change my 50% booking on a 241 to YUL from June to early 2022. Ticket validity rules meant I could only change online until October 2021. Called up 3 times and spoke to 3 people and the answer was the same. Only way around the ticket validity is to convert to a FTV and rebook, but that meant I would have to pay the extra Avios.

Not going to travel in June so went ahead but gutted I lost the 50% discount.

SK AAR

Rest assured that there will be other Avios 50%-off sales...

sjoh1271

Would just be my luck, anyone remember from last time if they would give you the 50% Avios back? I guess could always cancel it back to a FTV and then rebook... but what happens to the leftover Avios on the FTV, would they credit it back? e.g. cancel for a FTV with 100k Avios embedded and then make a new booking for only 50k Avios...

RG1X

So if it's BA that cancelled my 50% Avios flight (they rebooked, but it doesn't work for me)... do I still need to pay the cancellation fee to get my money back?

I see little point in a FTV now that my 2-4-1 has been extended to the end of the year anyway.

KARFA

if you have a cancellation and you did not actively accept the rebooking, then yes you can get a full refund and not pay the cancellation fee.

RG1X

Cheers, I might as well do that then.

GBOAC

Hoping that either of my May outbond to HKG or June return from SIN get cancelled. Problem is the singapore return is on one of the rotations that is currently regularly being operated at the moment... (not sure whether it is with pax or just freight though....) I'm thinking that long haul asia routes are normally cancelled at about 3-4 week out.

Quick question on the 'one year ticket validity'; I converted an existing 2-4-1 reward flight during the 50% off sale (it went to an FTV then back to a new booking). This was mid-October, however the new booking wasn't actually ticketed until early November (when I got the confirmation email and payment (slight tax refund) ). Does that mean my validity is from the start of November (meaning I can rebook for any time up to early nov 21)?

Obviously all dependent on one leg being cancelled

SK AAR

Yes, actual ticket date matters (not the date of reservation being made)

GBT

Tried again today via My First and just asked my options - was told 1. Refund 2. Voucher. 3. Change my dates to anytime within ticket validity ie outbound flight before Oct 9th - no mention of Reward Availability needed (kept thinking he would suddenly realise it was from the 50% sale), so went ahead and changed to beginning of Oct - return option only Atlanta (300 mile rule - couldn’t persuade him to allow Orlando) as original was CHS so booked that for end of Oct ....... very happy !
Whether flights will happen by then who knows - but as he said, far more likely than April as he thinks USA will shortly be on the ‘red list’.

Harchy

BA have just cancelled my South Africa flights - 241, 50% - scheduled for end of April.

Just been online and looks like it's going to let me change without a fee or extra avios for flights in December, longer than both the June cut-off for these sale tickets, as some have mentioned here, and the year from ticket booking (Oct '20).

Unsure whether to rebook or refund - any thoughts?

Tdgraves

I suspect that this may error out if you were to try and complete it. I have just changed my flights on the phone and was told explicitly that the outbound had to be taken within a year of purchase (I.e. October). No need for reward availability and no additional Avios required, now I just need the borders to reopen, quarantine to be abandoned and RSA to be taken off of the red list!

wrt to your question I guess it depends on whether you need the Avios now or would like to get to South Africa for half price....