zed3
13th Mar 2004, 20:37
I normally fly Dusseldorf - Manchester on BA paying between e138 and e178 or thereabouts. I have been watching the two Saturday flights on 3rd April for a week or so and Thursday saw that the 1030 was no longer available , ie , full! So yesterday decided to go for the 0715 (yawn) . I rang BA - cannot book on internet as I live in the Netherlands and fly from Dusseldorf but that's another story! The female on the other end of the phone told me there was one seat left , both the Saturday flights are Embraer 145 a/c . The fare was e279 out and e81 back , makingthe total cost e399.17 . Fair enough I thought , later booking that's the way things go so this time I pay more. After booking I went back onto ba.com on internet and indeed no flight available anymore.
However..... exactly 24 hours later , this morning , I thought , just check ba.com and .....seats available , same flights e145 out and e70 return - total e254.17.!!!!!
Obviously they have now changed tha a/c type for a BA146 or RJ.
Anyone else think I have been duped , ripped off , etc and have reason for complaint ? I did book 3 weeks in advance , the last seat was sold to me , how was I to know that if I had waited I could have purchased the same ticket much cheaper because they would change to a larger a/c and later pax would fly at less cost ? To me it's a matter of principle .
Harrumph!
However..... exactly 24 hours later , this morning , I thought , just check ba.com and .....seats available , same flights e145 out and e70 return - total e254.17.!!!!!
Obviously they have now changed tha a/c type for a BA146 or RJ.
Anyone else think I have been duped , ripped off , etc and have reason for complaint ? I did book 3 weeks in advance , the last seat was sold to me , how was I to know that if I had waited I could have purchased the same ticket much cheaper because they would change to a larger a/c and later pax would fly at less cost ? To me it's a matter of principle .
Harrumph!