Iβve heard that recent BA changes really screw their customers. Iβm sorry you got to experience it.
-- Karl > On Jun 10, 2025, at 2:14 PM, Jack Keady via Mifnet <mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> > wrote: > > keady > > A reminder and cautionary tale [non refundable ticket] > While suppressing my rage, allow me to offer a cautionary tale. Over 45 years > Iβve been a passenger on ~2000 flights for business and personal, domestic > and international. In February we booked British Airways business class > tickets for my wife and myself to Europe. Having been BA Gold for nearly a > decade in my business life, I had little concern booking a non-refundable > ticket knowing I could, after paying punitive cancellation fees, apply the > balance of the fare towards a future flight. You likely see where this is > goingβ¦. Due to a family medical emergency, weβve cancelled the trip. Bottom > line, with the exception of a $180 fee refund, the $8800 ticket and 98,000 > Avios points are a total loss. I studied the terms and conditions prior to > purchase and at no time did it outline the consequences of cancellation. > Donβt be like meβ¦
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