We are on the OTP-PHX run but tomorrow's 8 am BA 6031 to London is delayed by 2 hours.
This will destroy our original itinerary as we only have a 2 hour connection in London for our flight to JFK and then further to PHX.
Question:
1. Would we get original routing credit independently on the routing which they chose for us to arrive in PHX
2. If we suggest a routing - would we still be eligible for original routing credit
3. If we arrive later than 4 hours with a routing suggested by us (LHR-JFK-PHX) - would we be eligible for the EU261 compensation?
Many thanks for your combined input!
For reference our original routing is
HEL-LHR AY1331/ BA6031 (delayed by 2 hours April 16 / noticed via test message and email)
LHR - JFK BA173
JFK -LAX AA53
LAX - PHX AA3258
I would go with it to LHR at least and then see what happens. You don't want to over complicate. This has happened to me before and Finnair could swap aircraft so you change overnight to on-time or just less late and still make the connection. Being stuck in HEL would not be as good for onward options compared to LHR.