Originally Posted by
Often1
The first question is what is the price difference between what you had booked and what is available now on other carriers. EC 261/2004 gives you the option to cancel for a full refund without penalty. If you can fly on a real carrier for anywhere close to what you originally paid, then cancel for a refund and book a new ticket.
If you do not have a ticket and a reservation, you essentially have nothing including protection under the Regulation. All that matters is what SU says and SU says you have nothing. Thus, you have nothing.
The price difference now is almost a 60 quid more. However, the thing is there are 2 airlines that provide a direct flight to LED from LON. BA's departure is in the morning, which does not suit me. If I have to cancel it and rebook it with DP, I would have ended up with the SU same flight. I am just hesitant to think that DP says DP will send the list of cancelled passengers to SU on that day, which this seems weird to me...