Originally Posted by
scottishpoet
you would have been offloaded. If they don't check you back in then you could do it yourself. The exposure to someone else getting your seat would be identical, unless you do nothing when they offload you
if you leave t5 and re enter, whichever way you do it there is a risk your seat will be reallocated
Pls. let me use this thread to address a similar situation and get things straight:
arriving T5 on BA from Continental Europe early morning and connecting to a flight mid-afternoon on BA under one ticket, won't allow me to exit T5 for fresh air outside for 8hrs and re-enter T5 for my afternoon connecting BA flight but rather I risk BA unloading my luggage and reallocate my seat?
I'm forced to stay airside and inside lounges, or is it a nice chat with whoever from BA to allow me getting out and in again T5? (btw. is was BA canceling by original noon- flight from the continent, leaving me now with 8hrs connecting time...)