787 SJC Cancellations
Jun 17, 2018, 11:25 am
#78
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: UK
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Jun 17, 2018, 12:07 pm
#79
Join Date: Jun 2018
Posts: 2
I fly this route a lot. One cancellation since the route launched - nothing recent.
If you do get cancelled take the early flight out of SFO not the later A380. Never had an op up on the A380 - the 1600 - 9/10 times or a cheap 500 buck paid upgrade from PE to CW. Expert flyer is your friend when deciding whether to pay or not !
If you do get cancelled take the early flight out of SFO not the later A380. Never had an op up on the A380 - the 1600 - 9/10 times or a cheap 500 buck paid upgrade from PE to CW. Expert flyer is your friend when deciding whether to pay or not !
Jun 18, 2018, 5:53 pm
#80
Join Date: Sep 2017
Location: west coast
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it was SFO that we asked for, less than 60 miles away from SJC on ground and no more than 1-2 miles air distance. we just ended up flyting a day earlier, but lost good (window) seats in Business that we had booked quite a while ago and ended up in less desirable middle area on the outbound. The lack of understanding and refusal to escalate was particularly vexing at the time. It certainly made us reconsider our very long relationship with BA.
Jul 3, 2018, 9:11 am
#81
Join Date: Jul 2018
Programs: BA Blue
Posts: 20
Got a text from BA today cancelling the SJC flight from heathrow on the 15th January and they rebooked it for the 16th.
Called to have it changed to go from Lax. They were pretty relaxed about it. All worked out as it was a 2 for 1 rewards booking, and Lax flights seem to be very rare
Called to have it changed to go from Lax. They were pretty relaxed about it. All worked out as it was a 2 for 1 rewards booking, and Lax flights seem to be very rare
Jul 3, 2018, 10:17 am
#82
Join Date: Mar 2014
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Got a text from BA today cancelling the SJC flight from heathrow on the 15th January and they rebooked it for the 16th.
Called to have it changed to go from Lax. They were pretty relaxed about it. All worked out as it was a 2 for 1 rewards booking, and Lax flights seem to be very rare
Called to have it changed to go from Lax. They were pretty relaxed about it. All worked out as it was a 2 for 1 rewards booking, and Lax flights seem to be very rare
I have to wonder if this was an operational change (like the number of days a week BA flies to SJC was changed, or a single cancellation for another reason) or if this was because of the the engine issues with the 787.
January seems a long way out for this to be an engine issue.
Jul 3, 2018, 1:15 pm
#83
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Got a text from BA today cancelling the SJC flight from heathrow on the 15th January and they rebooked it for the 16th.
Called to have it changed to go from Lax. They were pretty relaxed about it. All worked out as it was a 2 for 1 rewards booking, and Lax flights seem to be very rare
Called to have it changed to go from Lax. They were pretty relaxed about it. All worked out as it was a 2 for 1 rewards booking, and Lax flights seem to be very rare
Jul 3, 2018, 3:28 pm
#84
Join Date: Jul 2018
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Posts: 20
Welcome to flyertalk tboyjnr!
I have to wonder if this was an operational change (like the number of days a week BA flies to SJC was changed, or a single cancellation for another reason) or if this was because of the the engine issues with the 787.
January seems a long way out for this to be an engine issue.
I have to wonder if this was an operational change (like the number of days a week BA flies to SJC was changed, or a single cancellation for another reason) or if this was because of the the engine issues with the 787.
January seems a long way out for this to be an engine issue.
And I will add my greetings to you tboyjnr, welcome to Flyertalk and the BA forum, it's good to get new members here. Well done on getting it rebooked, even if you do lose the advantage of a rapid entry into the USA. I presume you didn't want to go via SFO, or couldn't get seats, since SFO would be the more normal alternative for SJC flights. Welcome on board.
long time lurker.I had a BA 2 for 1 voucher to use, and wanted to do a trip to california and then Costa Rica / cancun/ Panama. So got a redemption flight to sjc in F as that was the only cali city available at the time.
managed to get the outbound changed to Lax after checking daily for weeks for award flights to become available, but the inbound from LA or even SFO never became available for January. So was happy this happened, well lucky.
Also wanted to fly in the A380, Lax also seems to have more flights going south of the US.
Is Lax a nightmare? :/
Jul 3, 2018, 3:32 pm
#85
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 55
Greetings, just found this thread and am a little anxious....
Has anyone experienced any current cancellations from SJC to LHR on the 789?
We're scheduled to go on Friday August 24, 2018 on First award tickets.
Please say we have options as these have been booked for 11 1/2 months!
Thanks to all you experts!!
Has anyone experienced any current cancellations from SJC to LHR on the 789?
We're scheduled to go on Friday August 24, 2018 on First award tickets.
Please say we have options as these have been booked for 11 1/2 months!
Thanks to all you experts!!
Jul 5, 2018, 1:12 pm
#89
Join Date: Jul 2017
Programs: All the usual suspects
Posts: 342
Greetings, just found this thread and am a little anxious....
Has anyone experienced any current cancellations from SJC to LHR on the 789?
We're scheduled to go on Friday August 24, 2018 on First award tickets.
Please say we have options as these have been booked for 11 1/2 months!
Thanks to all you experts!!
Has anyone experienced any current cancellations from SJC to LHR on the 789?
We're scheduled to go on Friday August 24, 2018 on First award tickets.
Please say we have options as these have been booked for 11 1/2 months!
Thanks to all you experts!!
I've probably completely jinxed my July 23rd return now
Jul 6, 2018, 6:31 pm
#90
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 55
It appears that BA has THIS mechanical problem under control for now. Fingers crossed for no future problems!!