Rumours: announcement Friday, MAN unions involved
Oct 24, 2008, 11:09 am
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The announcement was cancelled on Tuesday (according to Pprune)
for those interested in keeping an eye on this, the thread was incorporated into the BMI thread here
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Oct 24, 2008, 12:07 pm
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Hmmm.... If EI are taking over the MAN-ORD route, suddenly the daily US flight looks far more appealing for any connections from MAN through the DFW.
Come to think of it, connecting through PHL might also be a better way to get to ORD...
Come to think of it, connecting through PHL might also be a better way to get to ORD...
Oct 24, 2008, 2:30 pm
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Oct 24, 2008, 5:32 pm
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Oct 27, 2008, 5:05 am
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Manchester rumours
Hi All
It's getting to that time of year again when we long to go back to Las Vegas courtesy of BMI's direct flight from Manchester. Along with the usual "air fare chicken vs redemption chicken", all the talk of the rumours concerning BMI and Manchester has caught my eye. I was just wondering what would happen to people booked on flights if all the rumours come to light and the route gets scrapped etc. Would they just get given the alternative route which could turn out to be an indirect flight due to the changes without the chance of a refund ?
...or is it just all rumour and we shouldn't let it influence us making a booking ? The man-las fares are pretty good at the moment (for May) so we are quite tempted.
thanks in advance
Claire
It's getting to that time of year again when we long to go back to Las Vegas courtesy of BMI's direct flight from Manchester. Along with the usual "air fare chicken vs redemption chicken", all the talk of the rumours concerning BMI and Manchester has caught my eye. I was just wondering what would happen to people booked on flights if all the rumours come to light and the route gets scrapped etc. Would they just get given the alternative route which could turn out to be an indirect flight due to the changes without the chance of a refund ?
...or is it just all rumour and we shouldn't let it influence us making a booking ? The man-las fares are pretty good at the moment (for May) so we are quite tempted.
thanks in advance
Claire
Oct 27, 2008, 5:25 am
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Oct 27, 2008, 5:54 am
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Yes, well we already booked in Business on this route,a heavily discounted fare, which normally does not allow cancellation or refund.
We hope that all is well.
On the face of it all is well, they are happily taking booking and making offers way into the future, but of course that is what airlines do????
We hope that all is well.
On the face of it all is well, they are happily taking booking and making offers way into the future, but of course that is what airlines do????
Oct 27, 2008, 6:49 am
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Yes, well we already booked in Business on this route,a heavily discounted fare, which normally does not allow cancellation or refund.
We hope that all is well.
On the face of it all is well, they are happily taking booking and making offers way into the future, but of course that is what airlines do????
We hope that all is well.
On the face of it all is well, they are happily taking booking and making offers way into the future, but of course that is what airlines do????
Oct 27, 2008, 7:16 am
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From past cancellations a re-route or a full refund have been offered even for non-refundable fares. I therefore wouldn't worry. I pray the rumours are not true though, unless they want to operate to LAS from LHR then I'm all in favour 
Oct 27, 2008, 7:21 am
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