Least reliable BA routes
May 17, 2019, 5:50 am
#16
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This illustrates the shortcoming of only looking at which route is least reliable. In my experience the JNB 747 flights are very reliable (indeed I always opt for these in preference to the A380 flights exactly because of the difference in reliability, despite preferring the A380 in general). So you need to look at individual flight reliability, not just overall route I think.
May 18, 2019, 3:01 am
#17
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May 18, 2019, 3:22 am
#18
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If you are seeking compo, I thought the previous consensus was that you would be better off looking for a regularly overbooked flight and volunteering and taking the denied boarding benefit?
May 18, 2019, 4:51 am
#19
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I don't think it is possible to work a "scam", as you are either on the passenger manifest or not. Compensation only becomes payable to those on the manifest in certain clearly defined circumstances.
If you are seeking compo, I thought the previous consensus was that you would be better off looking for a regularly overbooked flight and volunteering and taking the denied boarding benefit?
If you are seeking compo, I thought the previous consensus was that you would be better off looking for a regularly overbooked flight and volunteering and taking the denied boarding benefit?
Two problems with that: BA would probably begin to notice this after a while, and it may not be exactly legal.
May 18, 2019, 2:05 pm
#20
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You could buy fully refundable tickets on those flights. If they look to operate normally, you refund them. If they are delayed you check in, ckaim compensation, and ask for a refund.
Two problems with that: BA would probably begin to notice this after a while, and it may not be exactly legal.
Many cancelled tickets and a few compo claims would stand out, particularly if it was routes you did not often fly. In the last decade I think I have only had one compo claim and I probably cancel a dozen tickets per year, but all on my regular routes as plans change.
May 22, 2019, 6:29 am
#21
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You could buy fully refundable tickets on those flights. If they look to operate normally, you refund them. If they are delayed you check in, ckaim compensation, and ask for a refund.
Two problems with that: BA would probably begin to notice this after a while, and it may not be exactly legal.
Two problems with that: BA would probably begin to notice this after a while, and it may not be exactly legal.
