BA 001/2/3/4 Cancellations
Mar 17, 2015, 6:09 am
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BA 001/2/3/4 Cancellations
Hello!
I was very happily booked on BA 1 on 31st December later this year. Looking forward to NYE in NYC.
BA have annoyingly informed me now that the flight is cancelled and have put me on 747 tin out of LHR. :-(
Looking at the schedules it seems all the A318 flights to JFK out of LCY have been scrubbed over that weekend?!
Is this common for BA not to run those flights over the Christmas/NYE period? I know it's a slow time for J pax but surely cancelling all of them is a bit much?
Does anybody have any knowledge of why BA cancelled these or if they're likely to re-instate?
Thanks!
I was very happily booked on BA 1 on 31st December later this year. Looking forward to NYE in NYC.
BA have annoyingly informed me now that the flight is cancelled and have put me on 747 tin out of LHR. :-(
Looking at the schedules it seems all the A318 flights to JFK out of LCY have been scrubbed over that weekend?!
Is this common for BA not to run those flights over the Christmas/NYE period? I know it's a slow time for J pax but surely cancelling all of them is a bit much?
Does anybody have any knowledge of why BA cancelled these or if they're likely to re-instate?
Thanks!
Mar 17, 2015, 6:13 am
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Yes. Usually BA1-4 do not run over Christmas & New Year at all. If you book BA1-4 between 25 December and 2 January I would have expected them to be cancelled at some point. They are very unlikely to reinstate BA1 on your date.
Mar 17, 2015, 6:25 am
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Seems that the last day they run is Friday 18 December, so on that day BA1 runs to JFK, and BA2 back. Next time the restart is Sunday 3 January.
Mar 17, 2015, 7:44 am
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It seems odd to let people book onto these flights if the standard practice year on year is not to run these flights over this period?
Presumably at the point the flights are put into the system, there must be at least a reasonable intention to operate them.
The B747 is fine provided you can get on the upper deck. At least you weren't swapped for another aircraft where the J cabins are a world away from the A318 of B747 upper deck.
Will they put you on one of AA's 77W flights to JFK? That's the next best thing if your A318 is cancelled.
Presumably at the point the flights are put into the system, there must be at least a reasonable intention to operate them.
The B747 is fine provided you can get on the upper deck. At least you weren't swapped for another aircraft where the J cabins are a world away from the A318 of B747 upper deck.
Will they put you on one of AA's 77W flights to JFK? That's the next best thing if your A318 is cancelled.
Mar 17, 2015, 7:46 am
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It seems odd to let people book onto these flights if the standard practice year on year is not to run these flights over this period?
Presumably at the point the flights are put into the system, there must be at least a reasonable intention to operate them.
The B747 is fine provided you can get on the upper deck. At least you weren't swapped for another aircraft where the J cabins are a world away from the A318 of B747 upper deck.
Presumably at the point the flights are put into the system, there must be at least a reasonable intention to operate them.
The B747 is fine provided you can get on the upper deck. At least you weren't swapped for another aircraft where the J cabins are a world away from the A318 of B747 upper deck.
Still we got 64J/K (at my insistence)
Mar 17, 2015, 8:10 am
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If we had booked LHR to start with we would have only got 140 TPs.
Mar 17, 2015, 8:20 am
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Been affected myself on a BA2 return flight on Jan 2 once.
No extra TPs anymore so any complaints will be about US immigration pre-clearance
Mar 17, 2015, 9:21 am
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Many thanks for all your responses. All very useful. Will definitely be opting for AA 777-300ER with change option. I take it that I can't use the change option to change other sectors?
Are you sure? MMB with the new flights shows less TP. Will they actually honor the 210 TP? Has this been seen or done by anybody else?
Yes, it was a deliberate strategy. I always knew our BA1 flight on 28 December would be cancelled. Basically we should retain the 210 TPs for the originaly booked flight, now get to use the CCR in the morning, and fly on a 747 UD.
If we had booked LHR to start with we would have only got 140 TPs.
If we had booked LHR to start with we would have only got 140 TPs.
Mar 17, 2015, 9:30 am
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Yes. MMB won't show 210 TP for your rebooked exLHR flight, it will only show 140 TP. Basically they add a note to your booking and have to do it all manually after the flight. I have already had one CWLCY flight cancelled later this year and had this noted on my booking. I have yet to speal to BA about my now cancelled BA1 on 28 December, but I have no reason to believe that the same wouldn't be offered.
Mar 17, 2015, 9:46 am
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Mar 17, 2015, 9:48 am
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Mar 17, 2015, 9:58 am
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