British Airways has ramped up prices for flights taking off before next month’s pilot strikes.
Yesterday it cost £514 to book on the 7.40am Heathrow to Barcelona flight on September 7, two days before the first walkout. A week later the same flight is just £280.
Manchester to Nice on that day, changing at Heathrow, was £904. To fly a week earlier it is £383.
Prices on rival carriers have also jumped on the BA strike days of September 9, 10 and 27.
The rises are down to pricing systems based on supply and demand.
However, Emma Coulthurst, of website Travelsupermarket, said: “It’s been such a mess.”
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Matters have been made worse because some passengers booked on September 8 and 12 were wrongly told their flights had been cancelled.
An email admitted the mistake but, by then, some had made other plans. One was left £133 out of pocket after booking replacement train tickets to France.
BA is offering refunds or re-booking. But Adam French, from Which?, said: “BA must urgently get its act together and ensure anyone whose flight is cancelled is rerouted.
“The airline also needs to do right by passengers who spent hundreds of pounds when wrongly told their flights had been cancelled.”
