Originally Posted by
BA6501
It would be up to BA to prove that it was cancelled over 14 days before departure, not the other way around. They will know when exactly it was cancelled.
BA is not responsible for anything under Regulation 261/2004. The responsible airline is the operating airline, in this case IB.
This is written under Article 2 ("Definitions"):
(j) "denied boarding" means a refusal to carry passengers on a flight, although they have presented themselves for boarding under the conditions laid down in Article 3(2), except where there are reasonable grounds to deny them boarding, such as reasons of health, safety or security, or inadequate travel documentation;
If BA tells IB that the booking is to be cancelled, then IB presumably gets no money from BA, should IB nevertheless allow the passenger to travel. This is maybe "reasonable grounds to deny [...] boarding" so it is possible that IB is allowed to deny boarding without having to pay 600 euros, rebook you or provide duty of care.
I think it would be easier to go after BA, claiming that BA hasn't delivered your booked tickets. However, I'd also show up at the airport and see what happens.
Originally Posted by
Tafflyer
If the cancellation was less than 2 weeks before the flight then you would in theory have an EU261 claim, except this is only in the case of having a valid ticket, which it appears you no longer have.
The regulation states that the operating airline needs to inform the passenger of the cancellation at least two weeks in advance. If the airline cancels a flight three weeks in advance but doesn't inform the passenger until one week in advance, then compensation would still be due. However, this is not a case about a flight cancellation but about ticket cancellation which probably leads to denied boarding.