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Old Oct 19, 2018, 2:23 pm
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Somewhere between 0% and 0.5% chance.
At this stage they would reroute you on BA or Joint Business services (AA/IB/AY). At the airport (for on the day cancellations) they would reroute you on VS too, which has seats on the 11:30 flight.

There are plenty of seats via JFK, PHL, BOS and MIA. I'd get on the phone and ask for the option you prefer.
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Old Oct 19, 2018, 3:07 pm
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Originally Posted by BA6501
Somewhere between 0% and 0.5% chance.
At this stage they would reroute you on BA or Joint Business services (AA/IB/AY). At the airport (for on the day cancellations) they would reroute you on VS too, which has seats on the 11:30 flight.

There are plenty of seats via JFK, PHL, BOS and MIA. I'd get on the phone and ask for the option you prefer.
Thanks for your advice. It is frustrating to learn about it when the call centre is shut and not much can be done now.
I have not thought about BOS, MIA and other US ports. My current ideal reroute would be BA269 to LAX first connecting to BA2488 back to IAD. Hope the seats won't go before I ring tomorrow morning.
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Old Oct 19, 2018, 6:11 pm
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The agent will likely try to reduce disruption to your journey, rather than adding over 10 hours to your travel time? Not sure what you are trying to do there.
If I were you I would also keep an eye on the booking, you might have been automatically rebooked.
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Old Oct 19, 2018, 11:40 pm
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Originally Posted by BA6501
The agent will likely try to reduce disruption to your journey, rather than adding over 10 hours to your travel time? Not sure what you are trying to do there.
If I were you I would also keep an eye on the booking, you might have been automatically rebooked.
Yeah. That sounds silly but those flights can minimise disruptions to my schedule.
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Old Oct 20, 2018, 1:06 am
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Originally Posted by sin3386
I am due to fly from LHR to IAD the coming Monday (22/10/2018) on BA293 in WT+. I just learnt this flight will be cancelled and I have to be in Washington, DC by Tuesday 9:00am. Nothing can be seen on MMB yet. The direct flights to IAD/BWI this Sunday/ coming Monday are very full. I don't mind to fly the long way to get there (i.e. LHR-DOH-IAD on QR or LHR-HKG-IAD on CX). How likely BA will endorse my ticket on other OW carriers in case no alternative flights are available?
How do you know the flight will be cancelled?
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Old Oct 20, 2018, 1:39 am
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A more likely routing would be LHR-JFK/BOS and then a shuttle flight to IAD.

BA aren't as flexible with creative routings, as AA for example, so I can't see them going for the LAX option either.

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Old Oct 20, 2018, 1:52 am
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Ba293 on the 22nd is show on ba flight status as cancelled buying flightstats as scheduled
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Old Oct 21, 2018, 12:39 pm
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Originally Posted by Tobias-UK


How do you know the flight will be cancelled?
Originally Posted by scottishpoet
Ba293 on the 22nd is show on ba flight status as cancelled buying flightstats as scheduled
I was sorting out my onward travel in Washington on Friday night. For some reason, I went to BA flight status to check the flight times instead of checking my itinerary and I discovered it was cancelled from there. It was quite late and I could not confirm with BA.

Originally Posted by msm2000uk
A more likely routing would be LHR-JFK/BOS and then a shuttle flight to IAD.

BA aren't as flexible with creative routings, as AA for example, so I can't see them going for the LAX option either.

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It turned out to be BA automatically rebooked me to the earlier flight. Panic over.
Looks like they zeroed out the inventories well ahead to accommodate passengers not because those flights were full at that point.
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Old Jul 6, 2019, 1:58 pm
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Bump. Can i please make a plea for recent "Flight [XX] is delayed/cancelled/consolidated/diverted on [YY]" threads to be merged here?
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Old Jul 8, 2019, 8:31 am
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Query: the LHR-BOM route appears to be a mess of late, with multiple next day delays and cancellations; is this all weather related?
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Old Jul 8, 2019, 8:35 am
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Originally Posted by Jordan D
Query: the LHR-BOM route appears to be a mess of late, with multiple next day delays and cancellations; is this all weather related?
It look to be because the routing is now longer to avoid overflying Iran?
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Old Aug 28, 2019, 6:43 am
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Question BA213 today
Anybody know why this flight is delayed today?
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Old Aug 28, 2019, 6:46 am
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Hi.

And before anyone asks.

This is the lhr bos flight

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Old Aug 28, 2019, 7:01 am
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It was all proceeding normally until 1100 when they started pushing the departure time out.
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Old Aug 28, 2019, 7:16 am
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Flight left just under two and a half hours late. Disappointing but no knowledge of the specific cause. I suspect the passengers were given some info as to the reason.
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