Originally Posted by ronin98syu

Hello all. I'm one of those unfortunate ones whose status year ends in April. The reality will hit pretty soon, and I've decided to go out and make a tier point run, to get this over with and to take advantage of the business class sales. I was browsing the BA site and found the following itinerary, all with BA flight numbers:

LAX - MIA (operated by AA) BA2442
MIA - HEL (operated by AY) BA6030
HEL-JFK (operated by AY) BA6051
JFK-LAX (operated by AA) BA4338

I booked the above flights as following on Nov. 4th:
LAX - MIA (operated by AA) BA5242
MIA - HEL (operated by AY) BA6030
HEL-JFK (operated by AY) BA6051
JFK-LAX (operated by AA) BA4338

There've been a couple of changes since then (departure time of BA5242 LAX-MIA was moved up 25 mins and the arrival time of BA4338 JFK-LA pushed back 5 mins,) but these were not major and were updated in my itinerary.

However, at the beginning of this week, just out of curiosity, I searched the MIA-HEL segment, operated by FinnAir, to see what kind of plane they fly between these two cities. Surprisingly, this particular direct flight is no longer offered. As a matter of fact, there is no direct flight from FinnAir between MIA and HEL, on Jan. 4th, 2022. I searched the BA site, and could not find this direct flight, either. Does this mean that BA 6030 was canceled? How long should I wait before I contact BA about this? Unfortunately, these will be my qualifying flights and they have to be marketed or flown by BA.

Thank you.


CJ