LGW-JFK Cancelled again.....
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Cancelled in the lounge, an hour before take off. Tech. |
Taxi to LHR and then onto BA/AA to JFK ?
its poor but from the BA perspective it must be one of the easiest routes in the network to be forced to cancel and have the ability to shuttle passengers via heathrow to the correct end destination still. Mot saying it’s good. It if you have a tech aircraft at Crowley international this route stands out as the obvious one to scrub and reaccomadate people cs |
With only one flight out of LGW, what happens when they cancel it? Shipped to LHR? This weekend I've been looking over flights to NY for August as Flight + Hotel are quite reasonable at the moment.
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That's a pain!
When you say 'again,' has this happened to you before? or has it happened a lot recently? |
Currently on the 747 national express to LHR Having been rebooked onto the 183 at 1950 |
Originally Posted by Dougy_D
(Post 29646306)
With only one flight out of LGW, what happens when they cancel it? Shipped to LHR? This weekend I've been looking over flights to NY for August as Flight + Hotel are quite reasonable at the moment.
We were given a voucher for the next available Nex bus. |
They're probably doing you a favour. Weather here at JFK is atrocious...they're using the backup approach onto 13L that takes you up the harbour at low altitude and then turns over lower Manhattan.
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Originally Posted by Fraser
(Post 29646425)
They're probably doing you a favour. Weather here at JFK is atrocious...they're using the backup approach onto 13L that takes you up the harbour at low altitude and then turns over lower Manhattan.
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Best approach into JFK - get a window seat :)
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Originally Posted by Dougy_D
(Post 29646306)
With only one flight out of LGW, what happens when they cancel it? Shipped to LHR? This weekend I've been looking over flights to NY for August as Flight + Hotel are quite reasonable at the moment.
If there is plenty of availability from LHR they will invite people to take the National Express to T5 (or sometimes AA from T3) to get replacement services, occasionally they will use taxis if time is of the essence (typically if the passenger has a connecting flight from JFK). If not they will book passengers into the Hilton built into LGW South and rebook to the next day. I'm aware of people being given the choice, though this may have been due to mobility factors. EC261 Article 7 compensation may well be payable - not in all cases - so at WT fare levels you may even make a bit of a profit on it. Finally if a flight is cancelled you can alternatively ask for the compensation and a full refund - which may allow you to rebook on to Norwegian or something (BA will never rebook on to that airline, but will rebook on AA or IB). Welcome to Flyertalk Dougy_D, welcome to the BA forum, it's good to see you here and I hope we will see more of you in the future. |
Originally Posted by Fraser
(Post 29646425)
They're probably doing you a favour. Weather here at JFK is atrocious...they're using the backup approach onto 13L that takes you up the harbour at low altitude and then turns over lower Manhattan.
JFK seems to have had a few days of poor weather. This was the queue to get out last night! https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...f29e17507.jpeg[left] |
Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave
(Post 29646789)
Indeed I've noticed that LGW - JFK is often very good value compared to LHR with add-ons such as hotel or car hire, plus those few "via LGW" routes with through pricing such as JER..
LGW- £ 2737 LHR - £ 2739 LCY - £ 2739 I don't regard a £2 'saving' for an inferior product as good value! If BA want me to fly the route it needs to offer a bigger discount that that! |
Originally Posted by KARFA
(Post 29646792)
i didnt think that’s a back up. As it’s a visual approach I would have thought it would be less likely to be used for poor weather?
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Makes me nervous for my upcoming YYZ-LGW booking! In this instance it was both handier for me to fly to LGW and also I got a bargain upgrade offer from PY - for less than 200GBP.
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Bugger. Hadn’t realised it didn’t have the decent bedding yet - booked it for an ex-EU where I wanted to drop my bags off in London before completing the trip HBO. (GOT for an easy turnaround, but doesn’t work if I have a checked bag)
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