787 SJC Cancellations
May 11, 2018, 9:49 am
#61
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: near to SFO and LHR
Programs: BA Gold, B6 Mosiac, VS, AA, DL (and a legacy UA 2MM)
Posts: 2,274
I live just between SJC and SFO, and I would leave about 90 minutes during the rush hour! It's only 35 miles or so, but traffic can be tough, especially 7-9:30am and 3-6:30pm. Better to be safe than sweating the last minute arrival for your flight. If you're lucky the trip will be <45 mins (and you can use the HOV lanes in a cab or Uber) but....
May 11, 2018, 9:49 am
#62
Join Date: Nov 2013
Programs: KrisFlyer, BA Executive Club
Posts: 128
My flight was canx on 2nd June this morning. Unfortunately no direct to SFO on 2nd June so not ideal with either flight to LAX or fly day earlier. Have put up separate thread on EU261. At least its some warning but the SFO flights are busy I believe.
May 11, 2018, 10:11 am
#63
Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 270
We are booked on 27th LHR to SJC, I rang BAEC today, agent just said if the flight is not cancelled, he can’t rebook us on different flights. He told me the flight is completely full, that’s why I can’t see any available seats, I doubt that very much!
May 11, 2018, 11:47 am
#65
Join Date: Mar 2005
Programs: AA Exec Plat, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 64
I actually got rebooked on AA through DFW as my final destination is Paris. They seemed pretty agreeable to any changes requested, so I would definitely know exactly what you want to book when you call them.
May 11, 2018, 12:25 pm
#66
Join Date: Feb 2017
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Platinum
Posts: 57
My flight GLA-LHR-LAX at the end of June had the LHR-LAX segment cancelled yesterday. It was the lunchtime 789 flight.
We are on a 2-4-1 J ticket. No options in MMB, looked online and there was options of an earlier BA flight or the later BA flight and an AA flight 45 mins after my original flight.
So I called the Gold Line and suggested the AA flight chancing my luck, as the timings were better for us. We wanted time to visit the lounge and to do some shopping.
The agent said that was fine and they rebooked me. I surprised at given my ticket type and the fact it’s seven weeks out. However it looks like the team have some flexibility around re-booking.
It was all sorted and re-ticketed in 25 mins.
We are on a 2-4-1 J ticket. No options in MMB, looked online and there was options of an earlier BA flight or the later BA flight and an AA flight 45 mins after my original flight.
So I called the Gold Line and suggested the AA flight chancing my luck, as the timings were better for us. We wanted time to visit the lounge and to do some shopping.
The agent said that was fine and they rebooked me. I surprised at given my ticket type and the fact it’s seven weeks out. However it looks like the team have some flexibility around re-booking.
It was all sorted and re-ticketed in 25 mins.
May 11, 2018, 12:33 pm
#67
Join Date: Jul 2015
Location: London
Programs: BA GGL / GfL
Posts: 3,264
Pilot37
May 11, 2018, 12:57 pm
#68
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: San Francisco
Programs: All-Around Kettle
Posts: 3,290
Having been a victim of the B787 engine cancellations two weeks ago on a different route, I too was surprised by the flexibility of the rebooking process on these disrupted flights and wonder / think that extra charges for this inconvenience are being picked up by RR (or it’s insurers), hence the relaxed attitude of the reservations team.