Due any compensation from reallocation downgrade because of missed connection?
Jul 30, 2022, 9:10 pm
#16
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Join Date: May 2005
Programs: BA Gold, AA PLT PRO, AGR, Strawberry (Nordic Choice), Marriott Bonvoy
Posts: 4,248
No, in all of this mass of text, you and the OP have missed it.
The key thing is that there were available J seats on the flight OP took Y on.
OP should therefore have been rebooked onto those J seats.
OP, your complaint should revolve around the fact that:
1) you held a J ticket;
2) there were available J seats on LY at the time of rebooking at LHR
3) for some reason OP was not booked on those
4) OP only flew on that LY flight in Y on protest despite there being availability in J
5) OP is due difference between J and discount Y fare for LHR and TLV.
Everything else is superfluous.
The key thing is that there were available J seats on the flight OP took Y on.
OP should therefore have been rebooked onto those J seats.
OP, your complaint should revolve around the fact that:
1) you held a J ticket;
2) there were available J seats on LY at the time of rebooking at LHR
3) for some reason OP was not booked on those
4) OP only flew on that LY flight in Y on protest despite there being availability in J
5) OP is due difference between J and discount Y fare for LHR and TLV.
Everything else is superfluous.
{discount J fare as half of an advance purchase LHR-TLV-LHR ticket}
minus
{discount Y fare as half of advance purchase LHR-TLV-LHR ticket}
equals
{compensation I should be getting}?
As to why BA got clearance but AA didn't, who knows at this point. If AA didn't get ATC clearance, then AA didn't get ATC clearance. Nothing AA or you can do about that. I recommend dropping the 'BA left on time, AA didn't' argument when weather/ATC was at play as that won't get you anywhere.
You can make your case, and certainly should try, but they probably marked it in your PNR that it was a voluntary downgrade to Y. They’ll say you could have waited for the other routing in J.
Message them and ask. I’ve gotten some miles as comp in similar scenarios. They way they calculate J to Y refunds is pretty weak anyway.
Message them and ask. I’ve gotten some miles as comp in similar scenarios. They way they calculate J to Y refunds is pretty weak anyway.
edited to add: according to this, that’d be 22.5k/person so 67.5k total miles
Jul 31, 2022, 9:45 am
#17
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: DCA/IAD
Programs: AA EXP; 1W Emerald; HHonors Diamond; Marriott Gold; UA dirt
Posts: 7,816
I traveled on an 001-stock ticket on AA100 JFK-LHR back in April intending to connect to BA165 LHR-TLV.
AA100 sat on the ground for a long time while it rained and surprisingly BA112 which was scheduled to leave half an hour later took off earlier from JFK and also landed earlier. I would have actually made the connection had I taken the BA flight with the shorter connecting time!
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AA100 sat on the ground for a long time while it rained and surprisingly BA112 which was scheduled to leave half an hour later took off earlier from JFK and also landed earlier. I would have actually made the connection had I taken the BA flight with the shorter connecting time!
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