TheHak

So finally I accepted the refund of my family booking to MLE. Whilst this remains costly to me (notably because of a non cancellable early bird reservation at a hotel) I finally gave in to BA.

This was a redemption booking using miles, a companion voucher and realised with the help of a GGL joker.

Whilst the miles have been refunded, I am still waiting for the cash and both the joker and the companion voucher are no longer valid. They gave me 2500 avios per person to compensate so a total of 12,500

I did ask customer service given the context whether I could be issued a new GGL joker and an extension of the companion voucher.

I got this answer.

Dear TheHak

I am satisfied your complaint has been handled and responded to correctly. The gestures of goodwill we have offered are fair and we will not be adding to them. The issues you have raised have been fully addressed, we now consider the matter closed and we will not respond to any further correspondence regarding these issues. If you have any separate issues you would like us to look into for you, please do not hesitate to contact us.

I appreciate that this is not the reply you were hoping for, and I am sorry to disappoint you. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to review your complaint. We do value our Gold Executive Club members very highly, and I hope that we will be able to welcome you on board again in the future.

Best regards



Good bye BA.

Paralytic

I had a similar comment when I reported a non-working AVOD in WT+ and was offered fewer than the usual 10K Avios. It won't stop me flying BA (they're the best choice for the routes I fly) but its one of the many small experiences that means I no longer recommend BA to colleagues.

headingwest

Seems a very blunt answer to me, surely it could have been better worded.

gordon0808

Not a very pleasant way to reply to a customer.

LondonElite

Can I ask what the background was? You say that you finally gave in, so what preceded it? I'm curious, because a 'gesture of goodwill' in the amount of 2,500 pp would suggest (to me) that it was something very minor, like an overhead light not working (though I gather you didn't fly.)

The bit about 'we won't be responding any further' suggest some heated letter exchange. Is this the case? I have to say, on the face of it pretty poor.

worjackie14

That's a final comeback letter, something issued after a lot of communication where the conversation isn't really getting anywhere. There's more to this here.

*******views are mine and do not represent British Airways************

BA235

I think it's something to do with BA cancelling the MLE route at certain times of the year

I am IT-illiterate and so cannot post the link to the thread in question.

Tafflyer

I think we need more background here to form any opinion. I got 3K Avios for complaining about missing scones in CE afternoon tea, so 2.5K as goodwill implies BA don't think they have anything to compensate.

jp-mco

Is there any way you could use your travel insurance to claim back money lost on the early bird reservation at the hotel?

headingwest

Those were some expensive scones!

gcuk

OP has a number of posts in this thread, starting at post 30:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...nter-only.html

Would probably have been better to continue in that thread.
At least we would have the background as the saga is played out.

TheHak

The 12500 are offered as compensation for the loss of the companion voucher and the ggl redemption

TheHak

All prior communications were about rerouting. I had discussed what would happen to my vouchers should i cancel but always got the same answer which was please cancel first and we will work on the vouchers after.

I cancelled and then asked about the vouchers. This is what i got.

Im more than happy to share initial emails and my exec no if you doubt this

LondonElite

Pretty poor showing by BA in that case.

headingwest

Quite frankly I'd be pretty pi**ed off too in this situation. BA cancelled the flights and then the OP losses the companion vouchers and the GGL Jokers. What would really make me wild would be losing the money for the hotel booking. I know that airlines don't pay for consequential losses but that is ridiculous. Somebody books a flight and a hotel separately and then they lose money when the flights are cancelled...that's just not on.

I had the same thing on a recent trip to Milan, hotel booked at MXP airport for the return and then NIKI moves the flight to LIN. First of all they told me they wouldn't reimburse the hotel costs but eventually they backed down...and so they bloody well should!