BA pulling Kiev and St Petersburg routes effective 4 Oct 2019
May 17, 19, 8:05 am
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BA pulling Kiev and St Petersburg routes effective 4 Oct 2019
just had text saying my fllight to Kiev in December was cancelled. Rang to rebook it and been told not possible as the whole route has been pulled Inconvienent as I have a Qatar flight to Vietnam from there. Back to the drawing board- might have to use Ryanair
May 17, 19, 8:41 am
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That is scary since we are booked to fly to Kiev in early July. The last couple of times I've gone into my BA acct. online they don't have my flights in manage my booking and I have to put in the booking reference number. I then get a message they have my flights but cannot display them. We have not received notice of cancellation so hopefully our flights are still there? Very inconvenient!
May 17, 19, 8:53 am
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I suspect the wider political issues relating to Russia, sanctions, and their machinations in the Ukraine aren't providing the revenues needed to sustain the routes. But still it's never great to see destinations go, it takes a lot to get them restored to the timetable.
May 17, 19, 8:59 am
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A return ticket on TK starts at around GBP640 in business and around GBP215 in economy.
A return ticket on FR starts at around 55.
Undoubtedly a much more comfortable experience in TK but not really comparable in either cost or duration.
May 17, 19, 9:33 am
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TK would mean a minimum travel time of approx 7.30/8 hrs vs 3.20 hrs on FR.
A return ticket on TK starts at around GBP640 in business and around GBP215 in economy.
A return ticket on FR starts at around 55.
Undoubtedly a much more comfortable experience in TK but not really comparable in either cost or duration.
A return ticket on TK starts at around GBP640 in business and around GBP215 in economy.
A return ticket on FR starts at around 55.
Undoubtedly a much more comfortable experience in TK but not really comparable in either cost or duration.
May 17, 19, 9:44 am
#13
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Hold off rebooking alternative flights. BA will follow up with rebooking guidelines for customers effected by the route suspension. We'll probably learn what these are within the next week or so.
Last edited by Prospero; May 17, 19 at 9:55 am Reason: Typo
May 17, 19, 9:51 am
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yeah guy on silver line said something about that Will hold off booking anything else for next week or so and call them back first
May 17, 19, 10:06 am
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But if there's no better alternative for you than FR, maybe you should just go ahead and book it -- if it's cheaper that is. BA would rebook you with no refund so you might as well pocket the difference; if BA do rebook to FR or others do so first, the discount is only going to close.
