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Old Sep 19, 2016 | 3:07 am
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Originally Posted by ralphs
It's a BA booking on CX/KA metal. When I called them to complain, BA claimed that CX made the change unilaterally, and made the substitution of origin from HIJ to FUK unilaterally.

I requested to that my rebooking be from KIX, NGO, or even HND/NRT, but BA claimed that because CX/KA have no award space on 1 Jan, they cannot rebook me. We are booked in J because this is for my honeymoon. I reminded them that this change was very involuntary in nature, but they redirected all blame to CX.
It seems to be that old cancelled route on redemption you must accept crappy routing or refund rigmarole again:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...l#post27013251

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha...-cx-miles.html

BAEC's liability certainly isn't limited to rebooking you to another redemption seat or refund. From the Sri Lankan case:

- applicable refund rules are KA CoC's 11.2(b) http://www.dragonair.com/content/dam...en.pdf#page=24 (analogous to CX's 10.2.2 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/catha...l#post26065595 )

- facilitator is BAEC as agent of KA http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...l#post27013286

So OP has a right to insist BAEC reroute you and your wife to HIJ - possibly thru HND with JL or even with a non-OW airline if it comes to it. CX/BAEC's trying to bully you into accepting alternate destination.

But on what date? Can't insist 1 January. Also I'm not sure if class of service can be maintained though an Avios refund will be due.

Originally Posted by ralphs
I understand that my personal booking isn't really a CX issue, but I was interested in seeing if there's a possibility that CX/KA restart HIJ-HKG prior to 1 Jan.
IMHO very low...

Last edited by percysmith; Sep 19, 2016 at 3:21 am
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