Thousands of us will be making plans this summer to travel abroad - but before you book anything, it's worth knowing the fees that will apply if you amend your flight.
The aviation industry is suffering major disruption as a surge in demand for travel coincides with staff shortages across roles such as airline crew, ground handlers, airport security staff and air traffic controllers. This had caused some people to consider changing their flight and choose a staycation instead.
However, several airlines charge passengers to make amendments to their booking - whether it be a date change, flight route amendment or correcting a passengers name.
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With this in mind, we've rounded up the flight fee changes for easyJet, TUI, Ryanair, Jet2 and British Airways.
easyJet
easyJet said: "When you book to travel with us, the tickets you buy are non-refundable, except set out in the terms and conditions. However, we do understand that sometimes plans change and you may need to amend your booking."
- Spelling mistakes - free
- Cancellation within 24 hours of booking - £49
- Name change per passenger per flight- £49
- Flight changes made more than 45 days before departure per passenger, per flight - £25
- Flight changes made 45 days or less prior to departure per passenger, per flight - £42
If you cannot fly due to a government-mandated travel ban or mandatory hotel quarantine easyJet's ‘Travel Restriction Protection’ gives you options if your plans need to change up to December 31, 2022.
Ryanair
Fees and charges will be applied to changes made outside of the 24-hour grace period. If you make changes online the fee will be €/£45 per passenger, per one way flight.
If you contact Ryanair's reservation centre to make a change or ask for the change at Ryanair's ticket desk at the airport, the fee will be €/£60 per passenger, per one way flight.
Flights that cannot be changed online:
- One person's flight on your booking
- A partial change to one flight only (change of airport)
- Where a Spanish resident or a Spanish large family discount has been applied
TUI
TUI said: "Sometimes you can make changes to your holiday. Where we treat your change as a cancellation, you will pay a termination fee instead of an amendment fee. If the new holiday is more expensive you will need to pay the fee and the difference in price.
"Airlines or other transport providers can charge a fee for a change and sometimes treat a change as a cancellation. Fees can be up to 100% of the price for that part of your holiday.
"When making changes, the price of your new travel arrangements will be based on the price that applies on the day you make the change. Please note there won’t be any reduction in the price you pay, even if your new travel arrangements are cheaper than your original booking."
- Spelling error - free
- Change to a name, passenger or passenger type - £25
- To upgrade a service, add on a flight extra, upgrade a room type or board basis- free
- To change duration, the time of a TUI Airways flight or to travel on an earlier date than planned - £50pp
- To change accommodation, departure or destination airport, or to change a flight not operated by TUI Airways - more than 29 days before your holiday £50pp/less than 28 days before your holiday treated as a cancellation
- To travel on a later date than planned - More than 70 days before your holiday £50pp, less than 70 days treated as a cancellation
To cancel a holiday:
- 70 days or more - loss of deposit
- 69 to 63 days - 30%
- 62 to 49 days- 50%
- 48 to 29 days - 70%
- 28 to 15 days- 90%
- 14 to 0 days- 100%
Jet2
Jet2 said: "Even though bookings are non-refundable and non-transferable, we can help you with name changes. For changes made through our Call Centre, you can make one name change per booking when you pay a £35 administration fee (or local currency equivalent) per person, per one-way flight.
"For any additional name changes, we'll charge the administration fee plus the difference (if any) in price between your original fare and today’s fare price (including any increase to taxes, fees, or other charges)."
They continued: "For date changes, we'll charge the administration fee plus the difference (if any) in price between your original fare and today’s fare price (including any increase to taxes, fees, or other charges).
"Unfortunately, you can't change your departure or destination airport once the booking has been made."
BA
British Airways said: "If your journey is due to be completed by September 30 2022, you can change your dates, destination or even cancel if you need to, although a fare difference may still apply. For bookings made before June 7 2022, the change booking fee will still be waived.
"If you’re due to travel from October 1 2022 onwards, our standard delays, cancellation and refund options are applicable."
BA has not publicised specific prices for making amendments. In order to see the cost, passengers are asked to login to their booking on BA's website.
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