Originally Posted by
MartiniGomez
My wife and daughter were booked on BA442 LHR AMS yesterday. At the airport they were denied boarding due to an equipment change. Rebooked on BA 434 today. Is an equipment change always a reason for EC/261 compensation or does the reason for the change matter?
BA442 was cancelled last night and never operated, sounds like a tech aircraft with no other aircraft to cover, or that the aircraft allocated to operate 442 was ‘pinched’ to operate another service. This would be eligible for EC261.