Classical Lie symmetries and reductions for a generalized NLS equation in 2+1 dimensions

A non-isospectral linear problem for an integrable 2+1 generalization of the non linear Schr\"odinger equation, which includes dispersive terms of third and fourth order, is presented. The classical symmetries of the Lax pair and the related reductions are carefully studied. We obtain several reductions of the Lax pair that yield in some cases non-isospectral problems in 1+1 dimensions.