How long will BA hold the tickets?
Nov 19, 2004 | 10:38 am
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How long will BA hold the tickets?
Due to unforeseen circumstances (care and management of ill relatives) our anticipated start date on a DONE4 ex-IST is slipping once again. Orignially next week, then rescheduled to late January, it now looks like mid-February is the likely start date.
BA in IST have the reservation and say they can issue the tickets and have them ready for us to pick up when we arrive in IST. However, they have the January start date, which now looks doubtful.
I feel like with current exchange rates the sooner we lock in the fare the better. If we pay for the tickets now, does anyone know if there's a limit on how long they can hold them before we get there? From the OWE rules it looks like we can make a date/time change on the first segment without penalty, just not the routing.
BA in IST have the reservation and say they can issue the tickets and have them ready for us to pick up when we arrive in IST. However, they have the January start date, which now looks doubtful.
I feel like with current exchange rates the sooner we lock in the fare the better. If we pay for the tickets now, does anyone know if there's a limit on how long they can hold them before we get there? From the OWE rules it looks like we can make a date/time change on the first segment without penalty, just not the routing.
Nov 19, 2004 | 11:19 am
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A date change on the first segment of OWE causes repricing of the fare -- rather important if there has been a fare change since the original issue. Second and subsequent segment date changes are exempt from this (obviously).
Nov 19, 2004 | 11:34 am
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Sorry to ask an obvious question, but have you asked BA IST how long they would be prepared to hang on to your tix? I'm sure that they may be lenient, given the circumstances.
Nov 19, 2004 | 11:41 am
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Originally Posted by number_6
A date change on the first segment of OWE causes repricing of the fare -- rather important if there has been a fare change since the original issue. Second and subsequent segment date changes are exempt from this (obviously).
131N TRAVEL ORIGINATING AREA 2/3:
132N .
133N . * UNLIMITED CHANGES PERMITTED WITHOUT CHARGE.
134N AFTER DEPARTURE
135N .
136N . * CHANGES TO THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT AND
137N . TO PRECEDING FLIGHTS ARE NOT PERMITTED.
138N . * DATE/TIME CHANGES ARE PERMITTED AT NO CHARGE.
139N . * ALL OTHER ROUTING CHANGES ARE PERMITTED AT A
140N . CHARGE OF USD 75.00 PER TRANSACTION. IF CURRENCY
141N . OF TICKET ORIGIN IS NOT USD, CONVERT THE USD
142N . AMOUNT AT THE BSR.
143N . * THE NUMBER OF CONTINENTS/EXTRA FLIGHT SEGMENTS
144N . MAY BE INCREASED/DECREASED. THE PASSENGER WILL BE
145N . CHARGED/REFUNDED ACCORDINGLY.
132N .
133N . * UNLIMITED CHANGES PERMITTED WITHOUT CHARGE.
134N AFTER DEPARTURE
135N .
136N . * CHANGES TO THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT AND
137N . TO PRECEDING FLIGHTS ARE NOT PERMITTED.
138N . * DATE/TIME CHANGES ARE PERMITTED AT NO CHARGE.
139N . * ALL OTHER ROUTING CHANGES ARE PERMITTED AT A
140N . CHARGE OF USD 75.00 PER TRANSACTION. IF CURRENCY
141N . OF TICKET ORIGIN IS NOT USD, CONVERT THE USD
142N . AMOUNT AT THE BSR.
143N . * THE NUMBER OF CONTINENTS/EXTRA FLIGHT SEGMENTS
144N . MAY BE INCREASED/DECREASED. THE PASSENGER WILL BE
145N . CHARGED/REFUNDED ACCORDINGLY.
Originally Posted by virtualtroy
Sorry to ask an obvious question, but have you asked BA IST how long they would be prepared to hang on to your tix? I'm sure that they may be lenient, given the circumstances.
Last edited by Gardyloo; Nov 19, 2004 at 11:47 am
Nov 19, 2004 | 7:42 pm
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Originally Posted by Gardyloo
Aha - so in the rule extract below, lines 136/7 negate line 138?
Note also lower in the Starfile that there is no penalty for cancellation before departure for tickets originating in Area 2/3.