any BA fees for date/time changes
 

went thru some of the past threads to see what the current state of BA fees are for date/time changes only. i recall christep saying that ba at lhr t4 charges 25 gbp to put a sticker on a flight whose only change was date or time. johnax said that lax ba ticket counter did a sticker and no fuss no worry. want to change from the night time lhr-dxb to the day time flight, so it should not involve any fees? correct?

for what it is worth, the segement in question is the last coupon in a hand written ticket, but not open dated. i really had planned on flying at that date/time. should i want until i get to london or try to change the ticket here in the usa. i would of course make sure that a class was available before doing anything.

I would make a new reservation for the flight you want, cancel the old reservation and just check-in with the ticket as is. There is no requirement for the date on the ticket to match the reservation - the ticket is not endorsed "VALID DATE/FLT SHOWN". BA check-in might take the ticket to a ticketing counter to get a sticker put on, which always strikes me as rather unnecessary, but certainly if you are checking in at an F counter in LHR they will do this for you and it's no big deal.

I don't recall BA ever charging me GBP25 for a date change - they have charged me that in addition to the USD75 for a routing change when I didn't have time to get to another airline for them to do it. (But I may have forgotten - I've done a lot of these tickets - so if I did report it here then feel free to remind me.)

I changed date/time on a couple of segs a week or two ago, no charge.

BA is quite good about taking coupons with wrong dates at the airport, even pulling multiple coupons (A-B-C for A-C non-stop) particularly if you are switching carriers ... all without a fee. They are sticklers for rules but sometimes that works to your advantage (when the rules are on your side, or there is a gray area and they want it). Best I can tell the extra GBP 25 fee levied by BA is only for ticket reissues when the USD 75 fee applies.

thanks for the clarifications. one never knows anymore these days what fees are being assessed and for what reasons.

I managed to get BA to reissue an AONE3 at MAN a few weeks ago for the $75 fee + additional taxes, but no £25 fee.