Originally Posted by
orbitmic
Yes, but that is not what the OP wants. The OP wants to resolve the schedule change on CPH-LHR or LHR-SEA (btw you do not say which changed nor what were your original timings, but given what you describe I imagine that you are currently to be on the Thursday 8.50 from LHR, arriving at 8.25 from CPH?) by a change of route: CPH-LHR, LHR-LAX. The OP is correct that BA will most certainly refuse to create award space on LHR-LAX, which sells extremely well in F in the first place, where it can instead offer a later LHR-SEA.
BA may also be amenable to letting you fly on another day (on the same route) if it is of interest as the SEA flight only goes at 8.50 one day a week.
Unfortunately, both airlines tend to be rather narrow minded when one seeks to resolve a timetable change through a rerouting on a different origin or destination, but if you want to go that way, I would suggest pushing the AA flight option as it is (in my view) slightly less unlikely that they will say yes compared to BA.
You are correct about the flight. It was the LHR - SEA flight that was changed. Originally was a 9:55 departure and was changed to a 8:50 departure. The problem with going on the later flight to SEA is that they then also need to change the AS flight to SNA and I would still get in about 3 or more hours later.
I am suggesting to AA that they open space on their non-stop but so far they have refused and want me coming through JFK and sitting in C for the JFK - LAX flight.