Originally Posted by
Fortress24
I've signed upto Expert Flyer but having no luck trying to do search for the dispatch codes as to why my flight was delayed? Can anyone help? It was flight BA2202 on 22nd June. Landed 3hrs and 49 mins late. Pilot said it was due to an aircraft change? Just what to be prepared when BA try to wriggle out of paying compensation.
Welcome to Flyertalk and welcome to the BA forum.
In this case you are actually interested in BA2203 LGW-CUN since it was the source of the delay, and it has codes ZO and ZY on it. The operating aircraft was YMMB which was in LGW from about 11:15. So the LGW-CUN timings are consistent with BA wanting another aircraft for that service but ended up using YMMB instead. In almost all cases, what the pilot says is what actually happened, so that information you obtained should be considered the best and most reliable source, hence I often stress the importance of doing what you did - listen to the briefing. I imagine BA will just pay up for this delay, I doubt they will try to get out of that.