Add flights to calendar not working?
Jun 1, 2013, 7:11 am
#1
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Join Date: Jul 2012
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Add flights to calendar not working?
Has anyone encountered trouble with the "Add flights to my calendar" feature on the booking confirmation page/MMB?
It is currently generating corrupted .ics files (the file supplied is actually a valid iCalendar file, but with some HTML document appended), which confuses both Google and iCal. Deleting the HTML cruft by hand solved the problem.
Is this a one off or have other people noticed this? And while we're at it, do other people use this feature or is it just me?
It is currently generating corrupted .ics files (the file supplied is actually a valid iCalendar file, but with some HTML document appended), which confuses both Google and iCal. Deleting the HTML cruft by hand solved the problem.
Is this a one off or have other people noticed this? And while we're at it, do other people use this feature or is it just me?
Jun 1, 2013, 7:21 am
#2
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Leeds, UK
Programs: BA GGL/CCR, GfL, HH Diamond
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I had a problem with it recently as well. Downloaded the .ics file but couldn't import it in to Google calendar. I tried it a few times and it didn't work. It has worked fine previously. I must admit I didn't manage to work out why it wasn't working. I added the flights instead by doing it through the iphone app.
Jun 1, 2013, 7:30 am
#4
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: London, UK
Programs: Not much these days: BA Silver, Bonvoy Lifetime Gold, HH Gold
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It's been referred to in the general ba.com thread starting here: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/20759565-post1956.html
There's a suggestion that BA have added some advertising to the iCal file which renders it useless for most apps, and there are instructions in there for how to edit the file to make it work.
I used this all the time, but I'm having to use the iPhone app for the moment.
There's a suggestion that BA have added some advertising to the iCal file which renders it useless for most apps, and there are instructions in there for how to edit the file to make it work.
I used this all the time, but I'm having to use the iPhone app for the moment.
