Is British Airways changing Reward Flight Saver? Might be, might not be ….

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• Fraser says:

  15 May15 May 13:05

  I wonder if this is related to the change that, since March, apparently outbound legs can be cancelled without fees. Stupidly I booked an EDI-LCY return last year to lock in a cheap fare, but now may need to cancel the outbound flight. Since being a no-show would trigger cancellation of the entire ticket, I asked and was told it would cost me £90 as a “change fee” to not take the outbound flight I’ve already paid for…because I booked before March.

  • harry says:

    15 May15 May 17:54

    Is it true that outbound legs can be cancelled free of charge?

    I personally doubt that…

    • harry says:

      15 May15 May 18:08

      quick google – I’m right!

      From 10th May, British Airways will begin implementing a change to the refunds policy for British Airways fares. This will enable our trade partners to automate refunds as it will use industry standard ATPCO Category 33. The automation will lead to a reduction in the time taken to process refunds for British Airways customers. We will begin this process with public fares, and later private fares, helping to streamline the overall customer experience.
      Current Refunds Policy
      As per the standard text in Category 16 (‘Penalties Category’) of the fare rules, our current policy reads:
      When combining fares that have cancellation fees, the highest cancellation fee of each of the cancelled pricing units applies with the following exception.
      When combining a refundable fare with a non-refundable fare:
      1. The amount paid on the refundable fare component is refunded less any applicable penalty
      2. The amount paid on the non-refundable fare component will not be refunded
      New Refunds Policy
      We will be simplifying the policy to apply all cancellation fees per fare component. This will be reflected in the fare rules.
      When combining non-refundable fares with refundable fares:
      1. The amount paid on each refundable fare component is refunded
      2. The amount paid on each non-refundable fare component will not be refunded
      3. When combining fares, charge the sum of the cancellation fees of all cancelled fare components

      • Jonny says:

        15 May15 May 21:25

        I’m still waiting for a refund 2.5 weeks on…..! Apparently still not got to it…

      • Rob says:

        15 May15 May 21:36

        This only applies to cash tickets, not redemptions. BA swear that this will not increase cancellation revenue overall but, in some circumstances, it will sharply increase what you pay.

• Tilly71 says:

  15 May15 May 16:17

  OT:
  Clubcard Vouchers have appeared today, mines on auto convert to VA, can anyone tell me how long until the points show in VA account as I was under the impression auto converts happened first.

• James67 says:

  15 May15 May 20:35

  OT: new accelerate available from IHG 1 June through 31 August. My challenges more difficult than previous two despite my ignoring those in the hope that future challenges would be easier. Still, 5 nights would get me 60k points pluse base plus spire status bonus which is potentially useful. However, I’m increasingly liking Hilton simply because they are making me feel valued whilst I feel conned by IHG spire.

  • ankomonkey says:

    15 May15 May 21:17

    I got 37k points for 15 nights! I doubt I’ve done 15 IHG nights in my entire life…

    • James67 says:

      15 May15 May 21:37

      If you have stayed recently that will probably explain the poor offer.

      • chris says:

        15 May15 May 21:43

        I can only see the Jan-April 2016 accelerate promo. Does anyone have the link

        • Kipto says:

          15 May15 May 21:46

          Same here.

  • CV3V says:

    16 May16 May 14:32

    Agree with your comments 100% on Hilton Diamond versus IHG Spire. Just completed my fourth Hilton stay this year and once again got the benefit of a good quality free breakfast and all day lounge access (and all day food and drink!). The free IHG drink voucher (or a few hundred points) seems paltry in comparison. The big advantage of Hilton is that these are the minimum guaranteed benefits, upgraded rooms are also common, compared to IHG where it seems to require a negotiation.

• N says:

  15 May15 May 21:44

  Data point – I just booked a one way RFS redemption LHR-ATH

• harry says:

  16 May16 May 14:39

  Those RAC code prices do look a bit higher than normal – could it be we are too close to the parking period in question to get the usual keen prices?

  Whereas Virgin portal still manages it…?

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