BA Website Error on upgrading
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 1
BA Website Error on upgrading
Hi,
New to the forum and sorry if this is the wrong place to post but wondered if anyone had noticed this before/had any advice.
I recently had to book some flights that I had a 50% chance of needing to move so I chose BA with their economy plus fares. As I was going through the booking process I was offered an upgrade for a small fee to club Europe for the outbound flight. I clicked this and then was taken to a new page with my upgrade. Scrolling down on this page to the about your flight section it still reported a Time/date change was permitted at any time before each flight for a difference in fare. So I thought great Ill do it.
I unfortunately had to change my flight and when I did, I was told I now had to pay a change fee of 100 per person plus the difference in fare.
So I have done some reading and it appears that I was put into an I selling class on the upgrade which is why they charged me 100 per person.
I have now gone back and tried the same process again and it appears that if I select the flights initially with a club europe leg then the selling class is I and I am told I need to pay a fee for changing the flights but if I choose economy plus and then upgrade I am still sold a class I but the website now tells me that only a difference in fare is required. (At least for upgrading one way as haven't tried upgrading both ways).
Has anyone noticed this before/had this issue? If so and needed to change could you get the 100 back? I am currently in contact with customer service but they have so far not been helpful.
New to the forum and sorry if this is the wrong place to post but wondered if anyone had noticed this before/had any advice.
I recently had to book some flights that I had a 50% chance of needing to move so I chose BA with their economy plus fares. As I was going through the booking process I was offered an upgrade for a small fee to club Europe for the outbound flight. I clicked this and then was taken to a new page with my upgrade. Scrolling down on this page to the about your flight section it still reported a Time/date change was permitted at any time before each flight for a difference in fare. So I thought great Ill do it.
I unfortunately had to change my flight and when I did, I was told I now had to pay a change fee of 100 per person plus the difference in fare.
So I have done some reading and it appears that I was put into an I selling class on the upgrade which is why they charged me 100 per person.
I have now gone back and tried the same process again and it appears that if I select the flights initially with a club europe leg then the selling class is I and I am told I need to pay a fee for changing the flights but if I choose economy plus and then upgrade I am still sold a class I but the website now tells me that only a difference in fare is required. (At least for upgrading one way as haven't tried upgrading both ways).
Has anyone noticed this before/had this issue? If so and needed to change could you get the 100 back? I am currently in contact with customer service but they have so far not been helpful.
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I've alerted a MOD to move this thread to the BA forum. Here on FT the major airlines each have their own forum to get specific answers.

