Originally Posted by
LapLap
Arrived to US (PHL) on delayed BA metal with a connection to RepAir operating as AA. All on a BA issued ticket.
As the arrival was delayed he was compelled to peg it from Terminal A to Terminal 2 for the inevitable waving-goodbye-to the-flight ceremony. In T2 there was no access to BA staff, AA said they wouldn’t put him up in a hotel and the next flights out to RDU were full. Only option on the table was the last flight to GSO and he’d have to wing it from there - he legged it and just made that flight. No airline representation whatsoever on arrival at GSO. He got a Lyft (eventually) and his luggage arrived at GSO the next evening. Logging in to the online baggage tracking facility there was the information that it was ready to be collected at the Baggage claim office. MrLapLap’s clients used the “wheresmysuitcase” service to reunite him with it.
As I was eluding too - AA was late and rebooked him on AA and he had the message when he landed
That is a much different scenario than BA bringing him in late and being responsible for rebooking but not having adequate staff who give 2 ..... to get him rebooked etc - they may have rebooked him, but it never made the cross between amadeus and sabre too
You asked about LHR-RDU direct - there was also LHR-CHS and LHR-MSY that was also stopped due to covid
JFK and PHL connections are pretty much all the time, but they are cheaper as there is a TON of competition - flights to CLT are more expensive due to less competition - but if he flew to CLT - he could rent a car and rive to RDU easily