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Old Aug 9, 2019, 12:01 am
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kaizenflying
 
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Originally Posted by rossmacd
I overhead a somewhat astonishing conversation this morning at the First Wing - passengers had been booked to fly EDI-LHR-HKG (possibly onwards) but missed their connection/got cancelled etc yesterday, and were trying to get out to HKG at some point in the next few days. What was most shocking was that it was a party of 4 adults travelling in F, 2 of the adults were elderly and in wheelchairs yet they slept in the T5 check-in concourse overnight. We know BA sometimes do not provide either hotel accommodation or information about their (notional) up to £200 self-imposed limit for hotel claims, but to leave 2 elderly people sleeping overnight in their wheelchairs tells you all you need to know.
Sounds like a perfect Daily Mail headline. Individuals have a choice. They were probably offered a hotel in central London or far from the airport which they declined so chose to stay at the airport. No one is forced to do anything, I’d say.
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