7 Nov : Disruption at LHR - runway lighting failure
Nov 7, 2018, 8:44 am
#33
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Arizona
Programs: BA (GGL G4L), AA (Gold), HH (Diamond); Marriott (Gold)
Posts: 3,013
Looks like @dylanks has just landed aboard BA288. Best of luck with the transfer.
Nov 7, 2018, 8:49 am
#34
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: FLR
Programs: BA Gold, LH Sen, FB Gold
Posts: 504
well, as I have to be in JNB at 6 am, BA was nice enough to transfer me to VS. currently in T3 clubhouse waiting for boarding - hope that flight will get me to JNB in time. Seems that BA 51 is delayed further. Big kudos for BA staff in T5 for allowing me to transfer....
Nov 7, 2018, 10:21 pm
#35
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Arizona
Programs: BA (GGL G4L), AA (Gold), HH (Diamond); Marriott (Gold)
Posts: 3,013
As a quick update, we ended up on a flight to AMS 90 minutes later than our original flight. I’ve never seen BA be so efficient and organized in IRROPS and it wasn’t because of status. At the top of the gate two agents were waiting at a table with about 30 sets of boarding passes printed out for passengers who had missed their connection. Within a minute we were on our way, and had the same seats on the new flight (not sure if someone was displaced to make room for us, but one passenger was complaining about a downgrade from CE).
I also had a nice email from the GGL team upon arrival. Obviously that is not something everyone would have received.
I also had a nice email from the GGL team upon arrival. Obviously that is not something everyone would have received.
Nov 8, 2018, 3:52 am
#36
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,231
@dylanks, glad it worked out well. From what I could see*, the effect of the delayed take-offs meant that BA flights from DEN, MIA, LAS and YVR were all in the Ockham and Bovingdon stacks at the same time as you, all needing gates at T3 on arrival. They were out of gates when you landed.
*killing time in the Galleries on FR24!
*killing time in the Galleries on FR24!
Last edited by TedToToe; Nov 8, 2018 at 5:17 am