Ticket validity with a 241

[ekposh]

Hi all

Couple of questions please.

We have a 241 voucher expiring on 1st October 2025 but are looking to travel in November / December 2025 due to monsoon in Langkawi.Can I check that I’d be able to fly MAN-LHR on 1st October 2025 and then “break” my journey in London for a few months to effectively allow me to travel to KL in December 2025?
And just to add to that, presumably there is no max “stopover” in London? I have a need to go in Feb actually, so could I potentially get a ticket issued in December 2024 for:
MAN-LHR Feb25
LHR-KUL Dec25
KUL-LHR-MAN Jan26
?

Also if I book as soon as tickets are available (so December 2024) and then add my return, this return would effectively be 1 year + 2 weeks after original ticket issue (as above) . I assume this happens a lot on Avios tickets and there is no validity issue?

Cheers

Alex

[SamG]

I’m pretty sure you have to complete your outbound travel not just one leg

All travel has to complete within 1 year of the first leg being flown (so ticket validity in theory could be 2yrs in extreme case!)

[JDB]

@ekposh – BA used to allow the first part being a domestic, effectively to defer the voucher validity but it has been reported that they no longer do. Ticket validity moves – initially the ticket is valid for one year from the date of issue, but that then becomes one year from the date of the first flight. This validity applies equally to cash tickets and Avios tickets – it’s just the standard IATA rules and is referenced at 3(b) of the BA Conditions of Carriage.

[ekposh]

That’s a real blow.. 🙁

Anyone got any data points on that at all to be sure? T&Cs suggest you’re both right

[SamG]

My recollection is the same as @JDB – it was a well known trick but the loophole was closed a good whole ago now

[BJ]

Thanks @JDB and @SamG for posting this small but important detail, I had missed it.