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Old Feb 14, 2018, 1:18 pm
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Originally Posted by Often1
No, that is an urban myth. You enter a country when you enter its airspace (in the case of an aircraft).
ISTR instances of aircraft carrying passengers of interest to territory A being requested (under escort by air force craft) to land while overflying from territority B to C so that they can be detained. More urban myth?
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Old Feb 15, 2018, 2:24 pm
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Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
There is a specific issue here in that the passengers likely to be in this position could be shipping crew with limited travel documentation allowing them to joining vessels in Gibraltar, and AGP is in the habit of simply refusing admission. At which point BA can only return them to London. Spain, like all ILO members, has to recognise the Seamen's Passbook, but it also asks for a letter of invitation from a Spanish maritime agency giving details of the Spanish port involved. Given the legal status of Gibraltar, the Guardia Civil at Mlaga have a habit of being unhelpful. Philippine citizens are often affected by this.
CWS is correct. I have involvements in shipping and the arrangements made with BA for the corporate deal allow for this scenario - Spain won't let people in, so BA offloads them if there is any reasonable chance of diversion. The companies involved accept this and all those involved are aware. I have never heard of 'ordinary' passengers being subject to it.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 12:32 pm
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Nearly all flights LHR to Tokyo full on 17 March

Only BA7 is showing any availability (F2, J3), all of the other OW flights are sold out (according to Expert Flyer). Is Vernal Equinox Day (21 March) the culprit or am I missing something?

Anyone getting bumped will be mightily miffed because there will be no alternatives on offer... even HEL and AMS (KLM) are full that day.

What is the current advice on avoiding the offload? Ms G50 is Gold and she made the booking for us... we have CW seats reserved and are on an ex-EU from AMS, BA429 then BA5.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 1:13 pm
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Originally Posted by ginger50
Only BA7 is showing any availability (F2, J3), all of the other OW flights are sold out (according to Expert Flyer). Is Vernal Equinox Day (21 March) the culprit or am I missing something?

Anyone getting bumped will be mightily miffed because there will be no alternatives on offer... even HEL and AMS (KLM) are full that day.

What is the current advice on avoiding the offload? Ms G50 is Gold and she made the booking for us... we have CW seats reserved and are on an ex-EU from AMS, BA429 then BA5.
I wouldn't worry too much given MsG50 is Gold and your Silver in CW. It's extremely unlikely you'd be affected and given it's well still 9 days away the flight loads could change again and most likely they will given it's a heavy business route too.

That is around the time Cherry Blossom season starts and at it's peak the week or two after so that could explain as it's an extremely busy time there. A friend of mine worked in Japan for many years as an English Teacher and this is direct from him after I texted him asking about this but there could be other things going on as well of course.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 2:29 pm
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Originally Posted by ginger50
Only BA7 is showing any availability (F2, J3) ...
Likewise, I really wouldn't worry about this. There's too much angst here about downgrades and offloading. We're routinely on flights on days when every flight on the route is zero in every booking class, and there hasn't yet been even a whiff of trouble on any of them (and most of the flights don't actually go out full anyway, even then). That's not to say it's impossible, but I really can't see the point of worrying about it when there is still space for sale.
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Old Mar 8, 2018, 3:53 pm
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Originally Posted by PETER01
I wouldn't worry too much given MsG50 is Gold and your Silver in CW. It's extremely unlikely you'd be affected and given it's well still 9 days away the flight loads could change again and most likely they will given it's a heavy business route too.

That is around the time Cherry Blossom season starts and at it's peak the week or two after so that could explain as it's an extremely busy time there. A friend of mine worked in Japan for many years as an English Teacher and this is direct from him after I texted him asking about this but there could be other things going on as well of course.

Originally Posted by Globaliser
Likewise, I really wouldn't worry about this. There's too much angst here about downgrades and offloading. We're routinely on flights on days when every flight on the route is zero in every booking class, and there hasn't yet been even a whiff of trouble on any of them (and most of the flights don't actually go out full anyway, even then). That's not to say it's impossible, but I really can't see the point of worrying about it when there is still space for sale.
Thank you both for the words of reassurance, it will be interesting to see just how full the flight really is and of course the Cherry Blossom!
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