Originally Posted by
LondonCapeTownAnyday
Unfortunately MMB did not proactively offer a flight on a new date (in which case I agree about not accepting it and waiting as the seat is secured), it required us to manually search for flights on the next available date which turned out to be Thursday. The risk of not choosing Thursday was that they would then have to travel even later and they have to be back for work.
Ah, yes, that's a tougher call. I had misinterpreted when you said "my friend accepted the flight on 31st in MMB" as being BA's automated offer. I would probably have rung BA and asked them to provisionally reserve me a seat on the flight on 31st but not re-ticket it, which would mean there were notes on the PNR in the event other options became available. Presumably now it just looks like a standard, completed and accepted re-booking. If they refused and would only ticket it (i.e. take it or leave it) there would be a much better chance of getting an exception or taking your own action later.
Originally Posted by
KARFA
I wonder what would happen if you called BA and they refused to move you on to the earlier flight if it became available, then you booked it yourself and claimed it back from BA on the basis they were refusing to route you back at the earliest reasonable opportunity?
Without those PNR notes, I'm not sure I'd be entirely confident of arguing that one in court!