Originally Posted by CKBA

The BA228/229 seems to have taken a few hits recently - being cancelled on 14, 21 and 24 July.

I was originally booked on the 14 July BA229 - but was rebooked onto the following days flight. BA have agreed to the 'reasonable costs', but have refused cancellation compensation - perhaps not surprising (for round 1).

However:
i) at no stage did BA admit the cancellation was a result of industrial action - until they refused compensation (i.e. they withheld information);
ii) the cancellations of the BWI services (and probably other routes) are in excess of the 'only 0.5%' cancellation rate touted by BA - therefore it must have been an operational decision (not just industrial action);
iii) the 'merger of flights' is clearly not available on a single-flight route (JFK, yes); however, I was surprised that BA didn't reroute people to IAD (Washington Dulles) and bus them to BWI (like they used to do).