BA.com - no direct flights from London to BGO or SVG [suspended from 28 Oct 2017]
Jun 22, 2017, 8:37 am
#31
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Thanks so much for the post! I am booked LHR-BGO-LHR in CE in Nov 2017 and I have had no cancellation notice from BA.
What is the policy on this for re-booking/re-routing, does anyone know?
I am a relative newbie here too excited to get stuck in!
What is the policy on this for re-booking/re-routing, does anyone know?
I am a relative newbie here too excited to get stuck in!
Jun 28, 2017, 1:11 am
#33
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Anyway I've been told that Contact Centre staff and ticket sales staff have now been informed. No additional news here, but currently the options are:
- refund
- rebook to Oslo (onward travel at customer expense, but that's dicey in my view)
- rebook to BGO and SVG before the route closes down (so if you have an Oz trip you could do the Norwegian element "now" and the Oz trip "later").
- for BGO, you can perhaps go via a very, very small aircraft offering heaps of catering, courtesy of SUN and Billund.
- refund
- rebook to Oslo (onward travel at customer expense, but that's dicey in my view)
- rebook to BGO and SVG before the route closes down (so if you have an Oz trip you could do the Norwegian element "now" and the Oz trip "later").
- for BGO, you can perhaps go via a very, very small aircraft offering heaps of catering, courtesy of SUN and Billund.
Jul 15, 2017, 3:17 pm
#35
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Jul 16, 2017, 2:06 am
#36
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An update to this: BA are now also allowing rerouting via KLM at AMS, KLM continues to run service to both Stavanger and Bergen. There are complex fare classes for the rebooking process, and since I've not had my second coffee of the morning yet I'm not going to try to work them out, but essentially there needs to be availability in the relevant KLM classes and I suspect it won't be a quick process to get a flight re-arranged.
Jul 16, 2017, 3:55 am
#37
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Jul 16, 2017, 10:20 am
#38
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Loads of flights from ABZ to SVG and BGO as a rerouting alternative, albeit with SAS, Wideroe and Eastern on the last leg
Jul 16, 2017, 12:09 pm
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Jul 17, 2017, 10:32 am
#41
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My booking has just had the Norway flights removed entirely and the itinerary exists in MMB as an ex-LHR ticket. However I will call the GGL line in a month or so if I don't hear anything. I've still had ZERO contact regarding these cancellations.
Jul 24, 2017, 4:31 am
#42
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Is BA cancelling BGO outright or will it be seasonal?
Flights to/from BGO in the past weeks have been quite full. I can't even find an award seat on some days.
Flights to/from BGO in the past weeks have been quite full. I can't even find an award seat on some days.
Jul 24, 2017, 4:57 am
#43
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Formally it is cancelled for good. However I think there is a chance it will be reinstated in the summer next year, or the year after. If the price of oil rises significantly then BA will be back into both locations like a shot.
Oct 10, 2020, 9:47 am
#44
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Sorry to dig up this thread again, but I was just having a think about these routes and whether BA could bring them back.
I know the oil industry was a big driver for these routes, but surely they could bring them back with a more leisure orientated focus. Bergen is a great city break and a key access point for the Fjords. Leisure routes have taken off over the last few years, with BA having a strong presence in other Winter holiday destinations (Reykjavik, Turin, Innsbruck, Cologne), so it may work on low frequency.
They make Billund work, which is smaller and another secondary Scandinavian city. It’s also a shame as other European carriers all serve Bergen (even Iberia!).
Maybe when the 80/20 rule comes back and they need to keep slots warm, it will reappear.
I know the oil industry was a big driver for these routes, but surely they could bring them back with a more leisure orientated focus. Bergen is a great city break and a key access point for the Fjords. Leisure routes have taken off over the last few years, with BA having a strong presence in other Winter holiday destinations (Reykjavik, Turin, Innsbruck, Cologne), so it may work on low frequency.
They make Billund work, which is smaller and another secondary Scandinavian city. It’s also a shame as other European carriers all serve Bergen (even Iberia!).
Maybe when the 80/20 rule comes back and they need to keep slots warm, it will reappear.
Oct 10, 2020, 12:13 pm
#45
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Sorry to dig up this thread again, but I was just having a think about these routes and whether BA could bring them back.
I know the oil industry was a big driver for these routes, but surely they could bring them back with a more leisure orientated focus. Bergen is a great city break and a key access point for the Fjords. Leisure routes have taken off over the last few years, with BA having a strong presence in other Winter holiday destinations (Reykjavik, Turin, Innsbruck, Cologne), so it may work on low frequency.
They make Billund work, which is smaller and another secondary Scandinavian city. It’s also a shame as other European carriers all serve Bergen (even Iberia!).
Maybe when the 80/20 rule comes back and they need to keep slots warm, it will reappear.
I know the oil industry was a big driver for these routes, but surely they could bring them back with a more leisure orientated focus. Bergen is a great city break and a key access point for the Fjords. Leisure routes have taken off over the last few years, with BA having a strong presence in other Winter holiday destinations (Reykjavik, Turin, Innsbruck, Cologne), so it may work on low frequency.
They make Billund work, which is smaller and another secondary Scandinavian city. It’s also a shame as other European carriers all serve Bergen (even Iberia!).
Maybe when the 80/20 rule comes back and they need to keep slots warm, it will reappear.