Originally Posted by
wrp96
Was your onward flight from LHR all on one ticket? Or was it a separate ticket?
Originally Posted by
BritBoyInFL
Completely separate, and with BA, so not exactly a 'friendly' combo :O
Au contraire. You can buy a single ticket on BA/VS routings that give the usual advantages and protections. People make this assumption that you can't and that BA and VS are enemies all the time but it is an incorrect assumption
Though it is often a more expensive than separate ones - just as it would be if this was a BA only routing - you do get the protection of a single ticket.
BTW BA can also be less than sympathetic with routing changes even if both separate tickets are with BA
Originally Posted by
wrp96
On separate tickets though there is no responsibility to rebook due to being below the MCT. The two hour change should entitle the OP to a refund if they want that, but it wouldn't entitle them to an automatic rebooking to originate from a completely different departure city.
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VS policy is apparently not to refund unless the schedule change is >5 hours. That is what they regard as 'significant' other airlines have shorter periods but that dosen't help the OP.
It would have been different if the MCO-LGW had been cancelled but it hasn't. If it had been cancelled then the ATL-LHR reroute would have been allowed for no extra charge or take the refund but I do appreciate taking the refund isn't always ideal though it sometimes can be.
Buying separate tickets is always a risk. Even buying BA-BA separate ones is (let alone the no through checking of bags).
The 3 hour MCT that BA has for LGW-LHR transfers is also tight but doable. But the OP isn't connecting he has two separate tickets so that 3 hours does not apply.