Originally Posted by
TonyHancock
Today British Airways denied my EU261 claim for BA16 departing Sydney on the 12th December 2022. It actually departed 15 hours late, on the 13th Dec, due to the late inbound flight - BA15.
BA15 should have departed LHR at 21:35 on the 10 Dec but did not leave until the morning of the 11th December.
BA's reason for denial is "bad weather conditions". I didn't think the bad weather hit LHR until the 11th Dec, plus the crew of BA16 suggested mechanical issues for the inbound flight delay. Is there any way to track historical activity at LHR on the 10th December to find out if weather caused any issues? I have asked in a separate thread about the reason for delay and the suggestion has been mechanical issues.
I have rebutted querying "bad weather".
Just to close the loop and provide a reference - BA, via the CEDR process, accepted that I was due £520 in compensation for the delay. As has been reported the process is taking longer than normal because of the "current exceptionally high volumes of cases that CEDR has received". My complete details were submitted on the 14th Feb 2023 - BA confirmed on 21st April 2023.