Originally Posted by
gigabyte056
I was asked why I never left the airport at LHR, I didn't leave because I had no suitcase and didn't want to walk out of LHR with the clothes on my back as my suitcase was not available.
The suitcase , I found out when I talked to the agent at the connection desk, this was confirmed at the lounge as well, it did arrive last night to TLV and should be in my hands soon enough.
In that case, I suspect that if you had decided to leave the airport, and you had bought an extra item of clothing to keep you warm during the day, there would have been a decent chance of BA paying for that. But as you chose not to do that, personally I can't see that this situation is any different from any other situation where you get to your destination and the bag is not there. I doubt that BA will pay any compensation for your disappointment in not going into London for the day, when it was not impossible for you to do so; it was simply your choice not to do so.