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Lottie Gibbons & Nicole Goodwin

Flight change fees for holidays with easyJet, TUI, Ryanair, Jet2 and British Airways

Ryanair British Airways easyJet Jet2 Tui

Holidays abroad are back on the agenda for thousands of holidaymakers this year.

But with the aviation industry suffering major disruption as demand for travel coincides with staff shortages, it has caused some people to consider changing their flight.

Several airlines charge passengers to make amendments to their booking - whether it be a date change, flight route amendment or correcting a passengers name. So it's worth knowing the fees that will apply if you amend your flight.

These are the flight fee changes for easyJet, TUI, Ryanair, Jet2 and British Airways, Liverpool Echo reports.

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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