Originally Posted by
testycal
in case I missed something...family member aged 17 currently on BA84 to LHR supposed to connect TLV after overnight, on Tuesday 640 am flight. Call center advises earliest EL AL connection is September 9. Son is returning to school. I have to make a decision regarding tonight's flight soon as he is checked in and needs to be offloaded. I can choose the Sept 8 YVR departure but if BA then continues flying as of Thursday, son has missed a bunch of school for no reason...I understand having to pick the Sept 8 date is my free change and then further c hanges are on me I assume. Thoughts?
It’s not ideal but you could keep BA84 leaving today (8/25) with a few hour connection to LHR-LCA on BA672 (8/26) arriving around 1am Tuesday. From LCA there’s an expensive Arkia flight to TLV leaving around 6am Tuesday (and also one at 9am). Israir options too but Google flights doesn’t show them as bookable.
I assume BA would happily rebook to LCA on their own flight, but would they also be able to rebook you from there on Arkia to TLV or does that need some sort of reaccommodation agreement they don’t have?