{"id":25153,"date":"2011-06-11T06:01:16","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T23:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ba-refused-to-let-me-use-my-return-ticket-from-muscat\/"},"modified":"2016-09-06T12:29:11","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T05:29:11","slug":"ba-refused-to-let-me-use-my-return-ticket-from-muscat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ba-refused-to-let-me-use-my-return-ticket-from-muscat\/","title":{"rendered":"BA refused to let me use my return ticket from Muscat"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI paid over \u00a32,000 for my BA business class ticket. Because I missed my outbound flight BA refused to let me use my return In early February, I booked a business-class ticket through BA’s website to Muscat, Oman. I picked the cheapest business seat tickets available on the website and the total return cost was approximately \u00a32,100. It was neither a direct flight nor indeed the cheapest but because I am a frequent flyer with BA, I was happy to go with it. I was sick on the day of my trip and didn’t make it to the airport in time. When I called BA, it told me my booking would be registered as a no-show and there was no recourse to put me on another flight out. It said I’d bought a non-flexible ticket and those were the conditions of the booking. Determined to make the trip, I rebooked a flight with Qatar Airways in economy. I made my meeting but became increasingly ill with a stomach bug over the next day or so. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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