IDB or volunteer compensation for flights on other airlines during BA strike days?
Sep 8, 2019, 7:40 pm
#1
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IDB or volunteer compensation for flights on other airlines during BA strike days?
I’d be interested to know if there are lots of oversold flights on the other airlines flights on routes where BA flights have been (are being) cancelled. Are any BA forum regulars travelling on these other airlines being tempted to go later or by a different route?
For example, NYC-LHR today (the first day BA flights are being cancelled because they arrive in London on the first strike day), almost everything on other nonstops seemed zeroed out on ExpertFlyer (AA, DL, UA, VS)
I imagine if you are flexible and can fly days later or by an indirect routing you might make some good money on bump vouchers here.
For example, NYC-LHR today (the first day BA flights are being cancelled because they arrive in London on the first strike day), almost everything on other nonstops seemed zeroed out on ExpertFlyer (AA, DL, UA, VS)
I imagine if you are flexible and can fly days later or by an indirect routing you might make some good money on bump vouchers here.
Sep 8, 2019, 8:06 pm
#2
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: London
Posts: 201
Offered up my J seat on the 202 tonight (BOS-LHR) & politely told it wasn’t required. Plane completely full but apparently no offloads so seems BA managed to keep all the balls in the air despite tonight’s late flight & 3/4 of tomorrow’s being cancelled. Considering the lack of AA alternatives out of Boston that’s pretty impressive.