Originally Posted by
donna2001
Hi I was wondering if anyone can help I've been booked for some time to go to Vegas on the 28th Nov for my 40th birthday. Flying Newcastle Heathrow Las Vegas. I fell downstairs which has resulted in a very badly torn pattella tendon and I am having surgery on 23rd oct 2016. My consultant is hopeful that I can still fly, however I not sure if ba will let me fly as I may need to be in a removable knee split. I have requested disabled assistance in the airports and on/ off the planes. I have looked at the seat plan for my flight on seat guru and have booked 40f 40g seats both long haul legs as I am told seats are bulk head which may have more knee room, however Ba seat plan does not say these seats are exit row seats but seat guru states that the seats are. I understand that due to my surgery I won't be fit enough to in emergency exit rows. Could some confirm if this seat would be suitable or a better seat I need to be able to bend and extend my right leg. We are booked in economy and booked via travel agent so we are not able to upgrade online to premium, and have been told this could be very costly. I really still want to fly if possible. My consultant said that back slab split which is removable might make the flight more comfortable if ba will allow this. I did fly 19 years ago in back slab on a long haul flight but it was not with British airways. We have a group of friends who are flying the day before us so really don't want to let anyone down. Any advice would be greatly appreciated many thanks
HI Donna2001 - so sorry to hear about your knee troubles - what unlucky timing.. My daughter tore her tendons due to patellar dislocation this summer too.. .... i started a thread which might be useful in some way to read?
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...xperience.html
I really wonder whether you might consider postponing until another time? Las Vegas if you've not been, involves an inordinate amount of walking ... the lifts to the walkways are often out of the way and you and your friends might find it very frustrating.. in my experience, provided you all have some sort of insurance cover, your party should be able to cancel... otherwise why not call BA and see if they might take pity and let you all rearrange? Of course neither of these options might work for you but definitely worth exploring I would say...
Back to my daughter, she came on holiday with us and I would definitely ensure you have a fit to fly certificate. our knee consultant wouldn't fill it in (too important!) but our GP did. but my daughter did not have a very good holiday... very imobile and in a lot of pain.. She was due to fly back on her own to go to a festival but we ended up having to buy her another ticket to come home because she couldn't fly on her own... insurance was not interested as it was an injury that happened prior to travel...
So I don't want to sound like a killjoy but if you can rearrange for another time, my experience would recommend that might be for the best all round... i hope you manage to resolve.. all the best.
AMENDMENT --- HMMMM Now see your dilemma re: postponing! it would clearly be quite a performance to rearrange! GOOD LUCK! I hope all works out... perhaps consider borrowing a wheelchair to take as you will get tired but at least you would have plenty of people to push you!