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[basiltherat]

my experiences with flying with BA have been reasonable but this is the third time out of countless times i've flown with them when they've charged (�50) for delaying/changing the travel date. ive always given them advanced notice of the delay and tried to get them to waive the charge (as some airlines do) but they insist on the charge. i know these costs are stipulated in accompanting flight restrictions notes but �50 is, i feel, a bit steep. wat i'd like to know is whether others of you have come up against this kind of charge wen flying with other airlines or is this just BA trying to scr*w the travelling public out of a few more quid.
and on this topic, dont you just hate the differing taxes on flights wen flying out of the uk sometimes as much as 60% of the cost of the flight itself. there doesn't seem to be any fixed amount. im stumped. can anybody shed any light on this ?regards
basil

[dln]

Timely post - I just got slashed for a TON of money for changing some tickets that I bought on an "open end" basis because I knew in advance they would need to be changed - though I obviously didn't know the exact dates until 30 days in advance.
For the Air Canada leg of my journey, $100 Canadian to change. America West leg of my journey, $108 US to change. For the Lufthansa leg of my journey, $112 US to change.
Obviously, it's not just BA - and now I am faced with having to calculate whether it's cheaper to pay change charges in the future, or pay the higher rates for one-way tickets.

[denise]

Basil--

Just on the odd chance that you need/want to fly to Japan, I got a nice deal from Japan Air. I knew that I'd need basically a one-year return ticket, but they could only reserve three months in advance. All I had to do was call in before the date of the original return flight. Changing the return date was free.

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[dduck]

[dln]

dduck, you're right - but I am using the second half of round-trip "open end" tickets I bought in early 2003. I was told that it should be cheaper to change the return dates (30 days out) than to buy two sets of one-way tickets - but maybe airline policies have changed because it would probably have been cheaper in the end if I had just bought two sets of one-way tickets after all.

[dduck]

I misunderstood. I've never tried to do what your doing, but I have a friend who extended her ticket without incurring any extra expense. More details, I don't have. Sorry.

Iain