Originally Posted by
salut0
Wish they’d announce the damn strike dates. Just booked backup Norwegian flight LGW-ARN the day before our BA LHR-ARN booking because I saw on expert flyer that BA were only selling JYB tickets for those two days which suggests they believe they’ll need the space for reaccomodation or because one or both days will be cancelled. Flights look empty on seatmap.
Felt a bit guilty taking up space on Norwegian but it’s a necessary insurance policy because prices are going up and up and there’s no reward space available on either day: if BA or the union would just announce the dates I wouldn’t be creating follow-on problems for other people by buying tickets I have no intention of using if I can avoid it…
So… our early morning LHR-ARN BA776 in a few weeks’ time has now been cancelled as I suspected it might be! Should I take a refund or rebook for the previous night? I have the Norwegian backup flight but I’d like the BA tier points and the easier trip to LHR rather than LGW. I suspect it’s a good idea to rebook rather than take a refund, and just in case to choose a BA flight for earlier on the previous day so I could get the later LGW-ARN on Norwegian if everything becomes really messed up? What do people think?
Extra info: we’re only going to ARN to pick up the Finnair flight ARN-JFK which is booked on an AA code (001 ticket). I assume there’s no chance that BA would be open to changing/combining the whole thing to LHR-JFK instead of {LHR-ARN(BA) followed by ARN-JFK(marketed by AA, operated by AY)} since the second ticket is separate?
Hotels in ARN seem quite cheap if it’s necessary, just a bit more hassle than ideally I wanted.