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A court in Germany ruled on Lufthansa regarding the re-booking right in 2020. I remember reading about on one of the blogs. It does not set a precedent, but if anyone wants to take BA to court over the rebooking right, they could at least reference it in passing.

For those who read German, I have this link
saved:
https://www.drboese.de/blog/lufthansa-darf-keine-zuzahlung-verlangen/

My German is rusty, but from what I understand Lufthansa asked more money from passengers who wanted to rebook at popular times and well beyond ticket validity. The ruling also stated that within EU261 there is no time limit to rebook as long as there are seats available.

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