BA Holidays not offering £60/person deposit option

[hackinjack]

Hi HfP readers and Rob.

Hope the annual bash went well, maybe I’ll be able to attend one day.

I usually use the 1 day dummy car rental dodge when booking my leisure trips, and it worked fine again when I booked LHR->FAO back in Dec. However a friend who is travelling with us on the same flights booked a week later and was unable to secure the deposit only booking, only way forward was pay in full.

Now I’m trying to book LGW->MLA for next March and it wants payment in full.

From the BA T&C’s I note:
https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/information/legal/package-booking-terms-and-conditions

5.1. When you make a booking we will either ask you to pay the price in full, or, if your booking meets certain criteria, we may offer you the option to pay a deposit.

Anyone know the specifics of these criteria?

Thanks

[NorthernLass]

IME changing browser can give you your preferred option (though I’ve only ever seen the £150/£300 deposit option). Use the “custom build my trip” facility as well or the system can try and charge you the full amount.

[hackinjack]

NorthernLass wrote:

IME changing browser can give you your preferred option (though I’ve only ever seen the £150/£300 deposit option). Use the “custom build my trip” facility as well or the system can try and charge you the full amount.

Tried several browsers, didn’t help. Some posts on FT suggested just clearing cookies fixes it. What DID work was using the Custom trip builder option, it was telling me I only had to pay £120 deposit for the trip abpit 3 pages before completion. Thanks for the help.

[hackinjack]

In case it helps amyone else the tool is here: