Originally Posted by
jonr405
Hi
They didn't explicitly rebook me in the cancellation e-mail. I can see from Google flight that there is a flight 2.5 hours earlier, but they don't have any availability in Club. So I can either be downgraded to economy or move to a flight 10.5 hours earlier / the following day and keep my same cabin.
I'd prefer to fly the next day, just want to know what BA's hotel policy would be. Given the flight was cancelled 4 days out, I'm assuming it is in scope for UK261 as long as the reason isn't extraordinary. I suppose if BA don't pay out for the hotel, I could claim on my travel insurance... Thanks for your collective wisdom!
From what you’ve said I would be rebooking for the next morning and claiming UK261 compensation and duty of care including hotel costs. Obviously compensation will be subject to extraordinary circumstances.
I’m not sure if anyone can tell you as a fact what BA will entertain in the circumstance, but the other options don’t feel particularly reasonable to me. They only thing to flag is that BA may offer you the flight a couple of hours earlier in Club even if you can’t buy a ticket currently. In which case I’m not sure this would be quite so clear to me.