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Old Jan 26, 2020, 5:00 am
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BA have cancelled all flights to PKX (Beijing/Peking) and PVG (Shanghai Pu Dong) "until 19 April 2020".

BA frequency to HKG has been reduced with effect from 13 February 2020 - see below for further details. From HKG, Cathay is running a heavily reduced schedule to mainland destinations until the end of March.

If you are due to fly to PKX, PVG and your flight is cancelled then you have refund, re-route and rebook options. BA can rebook on to several other airlines.
If you are due to fly to Hong Kong until 1st April you have refund and rebook options.
If you are transiting into mainland China you are also covered as above.
If you are transiting internationally (e.g. LHR-HKG-SYD) you are not able to move your flights, unless they are cancelled anyway.
The latest ba.com update was on 21 February 2020 at 1510.

More information on the advice of Her Majesty's Government about travel and health is on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website.
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/china

For the Special Administration Regions of Hong Kong and Macao:
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/hong-kong
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/macao

Summary from IATA of all travel restrictions due to Coronavirus as added to TIMATIC https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/int...1580226297.htm


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HKG frequency reductions (as of 1330 on 21 February 2020, all dates inclusive).

LHR-HKG

From Thu 13.02.2020 to Mon 01.06.2020: BA31 cancelled. BA27 operates (380).

Exceptions:-
  • Tue 18.02.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (777).
  • Tue 10.03.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (777).
  • Mon 27.04.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Tue 28.04.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Wed 29.04.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Thu 30.04.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Mon 11.05.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Tue 12.05.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Mon 18.05.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Tue 19.05.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Sun 24.05.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Mon 25.05.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Tue 26.05.2020: BA27 cancelled. BA31 operates (380).
  • Mon 01.06.2020: BA31 cancelled. BA27 operates (777).
In addition, on Mon 08.06.2020: BA31 cancelled. BA27 operates (777).

HKG-LHR

From Fri 14.02.2020 to Tue 02.06.2020: BA32 cancelled. BA28 operates (380).

Exceptions:-
  • Wed 19.02.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (777).
  • Wed 11.03.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (777).
  • Sun 29.03.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Tue 28.04.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Wed 29.04.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Thu 30.04.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Fri 01.05.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Tue 12.05.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Wed 13.05.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Tue 19.05.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Wed 20.05.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Mon 25.05.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Tue 26.05.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Wed 27.05.2020: BA28 cancelled. BA32 operates (380).
  • Tue 02.06.2020: BA32 cancelled. BA28 operates (777).
In addition, on Tue 09.06.2020: BA32 cancelled. BA28 operates (777).

Note: Schedule changes take effect on Sun 29.03.2020 in both directions.

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Old Jan 27, 2020, 10:52 am
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For avoidance of doubt BA statement
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 11:01 am
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Cue the price gougers feeding on human misery, masks, airfare, etc.
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 2:01 pm
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What do you think the chances of BA changing the re-routing will be?

I assume with all workers banned from working till the 10th February in Shanghai ts not very safe at all?
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 2:13 pm
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For avoidance of doubt BA statement
Puzzled by "must be ticketed on or before 24 January".

If it gets worse, will they still refuse refunds to parts of China which were barely affected then?
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 3:08 pm
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Originally Posted by tomparskate
What do you think the chances of BA changing the re-routing will be?

I assume with all workers banned from working till the 10th February in Shanghai ts not very safe at all?
Did BA ban its workers? The Shanghai government memo from two days certainly doesn't require that they do so.
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 3:11 pm
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Originally Posted by Passmethesickbag
Puzzled by "must be ticketed on or before 24 January".

If it gets worse, will they still refuse refunds to parts of China which were barely affected then?
guessing the must be ticketed by date is that any ticket bought after that date the person buying it is aware of the outbreak so therefor willing to book knowing the potential risks so why should ba allow them to get a free change when they have booked knowing the risks
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 3:56 pm
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Originally Posted by Passmethesickbag
Puzzled by "must be ticketed on or before 24 January".

If it gets worse, will they still refuse refunds to parts of China which were barely affected then?
YMMV. - I bought my ticket mid November - just totally blown away by the CR team. Spent so long being referred to a ‘supervisor’ with ‘their’ take on life fwiw. Utterly useless and a waste of time. They set policy , publish it and no one at the coal face has a clue ! why doesn’t BA man up , show some maturity/ goodwill / move forward? As I said previously a shambolic company.
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 4:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Hawk777
guessing the must be ticketed by date is that any ticket bought after that date the person buying it is aware of the outbreak so therefor willing to book knowing the potential risks so why should ba allow them to get a free change when they have booked knowing the risks
The risk can change - at the moment I can make a judgment that the virus is no more dangerous to a healthy young person that the flu virus... but the situation may change, and my risk assessment may change. Surely BA will update this as time goes on?
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 4:34 pm
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Originally Posted by sb1982
The risk can change - at the moment I can make a judgment that the virus is no more dangerous to a healthy young person that the flu virus... but the situation may change, and my risk assessment may change. Surely BA will update this as time goes on?
with all respect what bit of this don’t you get? BA don’t give a ????

my wife is flying BA / CX in 10 days from Europe to OZ - it’s a deadly virus we are seriously concerned - don’t rely on BA to “update you”
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 4:55 pm
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Originally Posted by Telecasterman
YMMV. - I bought my ticket mid November - just totally blown away by the CR team. Spent so long being referred to a ‘supervisor’ with ‘their’ take on life fwiw. Utterly useless and a waste of time. They set policy , publish it and no one at the coal face has a clue ! why doesn’t BA man up , show some maturity/ goodwill / move forward? As I said previously a shambolic company.
good luck T
how can they deny you what is the policy if you bought a ticket to go to China they are allowing refund or change of date for those? Or is it just as part of an onward journey as they aren't allowing transiting passengers a change
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 4:56 pm
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Originally Posted by sb1982
The risk can change - at the moment I can make a judgment that the virus is no more dangerous to a healthy young person that the flu virus... but the situation may change, and my risk assessment may change. Surely BA will update this as time goes on?
I'm guessing they will update advice depending i the situation and if it worsens then will release new info when and if it does
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 5:37 pm
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Originally Posted by Hawk777
how can they deny you what is the policy if you bought a ticket to go to China they are allowing refund or change of date for those? Or is it just as part of an onward journey as they aren't allowing transiting passengers a change
hi - they have - so welcome to the ..poor show all round. the world of BA
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Old Jan 27, 2020, 5:51 pm
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hi - they have - so welcome to the ..poor show all round. the world of BA
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ah just saw a post you made earlier where you said you are off to oz so not covered by the 'revoking or cancel as not staying I take it?
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Old Jan 28, 2020, 1:57 am
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Originally Posted by mnhusker
I am a physician and let me repeat, none of the masks are useful in preventing viral illness transmission as the virus is so small it easily penetrates all masks.
I hear what you're saying, but:

Originally Posted by percysmith
Shortages caused by Chinese buying in Japan (NRT chemists), Australia (Chemists Warehouse), South Korea (10.8x increase in convenience stalls, 91.18x increase online), Malaysia (since 24/1) and Thailand.

I'll add HKers have been doing this as well

武漢肺炎：華客瘋搶口罩　全球缺貨難防疫
https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/aeanews/...00912_001.html
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Old Jan 28, 2020, 3:52 am
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Avios rebooking and availability
I have a flight NCL-LHR-HKG next week, Club World avios booking (through avios.com and its the return portion if that makes a difference). For re-booking under this policy, I know I can't change route, but do Avios seats have to be available as normal for purchase?
I would like to move this a couple of weeks later, but there is now no Avios availability showing until end of February.
Alternatively, I could refund and buy something else, but would this be possible, as I have already flown outbound HKG-LHR on same ticket.
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