Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
If you get a cancellation 2 weeks off, then the usual issue of codeshares won't apply, you are on joint business services and you are covered by the "and beyond" provision. So any reasonable alternative would be OK, personally I'd be looking as DCA to JFK to maximise options. Indeed if you get a timing change or something benign then I'd use the opportunity to go that way, in fact it wouldn't normally cost anything more to return that route if it is a UK POS, usually, maybe it does if it's a Turkey POS. Then there are all sorts of other options such as BOS and ORD, so I don't think you need to rely on CLT, though it is a great place to transfer domestically. So I think that means you don't need to worry about a visa, there will probably be a way around it.
If it's a short term irrop, with under 24 hours notice, then BA have many more options, any may just put you on a TK jet anyway. If you get to London and discover your connection no longer works then usually the Border Force will just give you a pass for that, so long as you've been a good boy in the past.
Thank you
corporate-wage-slave !
The Turkey POS is a bit crazy, and does not allow BA marketed flights to be followed by AA marketed flights.
The problem with DCA-JFK is that AA is not operating that route since the pandemic had started.
The issue with other connection points is that the earlier IST flight departs at 09:30; the BA flights from BOS arrives at 09:00, ORD arrives at 10:15 and MIA arrives at 10:45. Even the AA codeshares from MIA and ORD arrive at 08:35 and 08:40 respectively so my only alternative is CLT or a landside LGA->JFK transfer at my own expense.
In short terms of IRROPS, the UK Border Force has previously granted me a day stamp where I needed to leave the country the following day so there is no issue on that. My main concern was for the February/March SH schedule update to cancel the later service to IST rather than a last-minute schedule change.
By the way, I don't need a visa for a single overnight transfer. Just checked TIMATIC, but still, I wouldn't appreciate an overnight transfer at LHR to be stuck in a hotel room for 18 hours.
Visa required, except for Nationals of Turkey making a
landside transit with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight
to a third country that departs before 23:59 the next day.
They must:
- have a used, valid or expired visa issued by Australia,
Canada, New Zealand or USA, and
- be arriving from the country that issued the visa within 6
months after last entry, and
- clear immigration, and
- have documents required for the next destination.
Visa required, except for Nationals of Turkey making a
landside transit with a confirmed onward ticket for a flight
to a third country that departs before 23:59 the next day.
They must:
- have a "C" visa issued by Ireland (Rep.) with the remark:
"BC", and
- be traveling to Ireland (Rep.), and
- clear immigration, and
- have documents required for the next destination.