MAN-ALC City Flyer cancelled
Feb 21, 2019, 8:01 am
#17
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Feb 21, 2019, 9:47 am
#19
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Same problem but on 22 June and booked using the IB 90k offer so a double in having to speak to IB. Why oh why would 3 rotations be cancelled. Really annoying as there are multiple LCC flights on the Saturday morning and I don’t rate my chances of persuading IB to re book on those . Any other thoughts?
Feb 21, 2019, 9:59 am
#20
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Same problem but on 22 June and booked using the IB 90k offer so a double in having to speak to IB. Why oh why would 3 rotations be cancelled. Really annoying as there are multiple LCC flights on the Saturday morning and I don’t rate my chances of persuading IB to re book on those . Any other thoughts?
Feb 21, 2019, 11:59 am
#22
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Would be but I think (tho I’m not sure - I’m on hold to BA as I type) because I booked open jaw return plus hotel in Valencia for part of the trip if I ask for partial reimbursement that’s not an option and the whole lot gets refunded. The CE flights and hotel were great value booked in the sale so I very much doubt I’d get a comparable package for a similar price even using LCC’s.
Feb 21, 2019, 12:46 pm
#24
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ALC used to be my home base airport and I did the ALC MAD LHR MAN and return regularly. I found it to b3 reasonably painless and never had any problems with that routing.
Feb 21, 2019, 3:04 pm
#25
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I lose all hope for humanity the second I set foot in T3 MCR so a bit of back-up via a reference point will help me ��
Last edited by Jimbojumbo; Feb 22, 2019 at 12:56 am
Feb 21, 2019, 3:06 pm
#26
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Personally, I would go MAN-LHR-MAD-ALC as per the suggestion from cgtechuk.
Something like this: https://www.google.com/flights#flt=M...sp:2.EUR.66281
It's a whole day flying but you get good lounges all the way, decent catering on the LHR-MAD leg with Iberia, and the connections all look do-able. Can't see a faster way of doing it with Oneworld, and the 100 TPs might be a factor too.
Something like this: https://www.google.com/flights#flt=M...sp:2.EUR.66281
It's a whole day flying but you get good lounges all the way, decent catering on the LHR-MAD leg with Iberia, and the connections all look do-able. Can't see a faster way of doing it with Oneworld, and the 100 TPs might be a factor too.
Feb 21, 2019, 3:09 pm
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Looks like it's non-op on 8 June, 15 June and 22 June. The timetable gives the season as 18 May to 28 September and that last flight is still there, as are the flights at the beginning of the season and those from 29 June for a few weeks - but I haven't looked at all of the rest of the season.
Would it be an insurmountable problem to take the EZY non-stop MAN-ALC on 8 June at about the same time?
Would it be an insurmountable problem to take the EZY non-stop MAN-ALC on 8 June at about the same time?
Feb 22, 2019, 12:39 am
#28
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Well, just off the phone to IB who were inflexible, agent helpful but supervisor refused any alternative with a connection or different airport of departure or arrival. Avios booking had to be point to point with no change of airport. The fact that there is no other flight didn't change the view, simply told refund and you are likely to lose the avios as they were part of the 90k but I could complain on a web form. Wouldn't protect the return flight either!
Lends the lie to those who consider LCC customer service worse than legacy carriers in my view.
I refused to proactively cancel and left it at that for now......Oh well us Northerners will just have to do without London Airways as usual, back to Ryanair et al
Lends the lie to those who consider LCC customer service worse than legacy carriers in my view.
I refused to proactively cancel and left it at that for now......Oh well us Northerners will just have to do without London Airways as usual, back to Ryanair et al
Feb 22, 2019, 1:09 am
#29
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