Originally Posted by
flyingcitizen
Had a flight booked on the 24th of July 2013 going from LCY to Edinburgh. A.night before the flight I got a text from ba that the flight is canceled. We were 3 people in the booking + an infant in separate but attached booking. To make a long story short , I couldn't take a later flight I had to take out a car and drive up to Scotland. Cost me a few hundred pounds car + petrol. Sent in complaint to ba CR got response that their was a technical fault in the aircraft so had to cancel flight so no compensation is due. Any advise?
That seems to be a common problem lately. You are definitely entitled to a refund of your fare, but compensation depends on whether the cancellation is deemed to be due to extraordinary circumstances which could not have been prevented by the taking of all reasonable measures. Most technican problems don't qualify for this.