CharlesWindsorClive1964

Interesting, I was more wondering if it's impacted Ba operations but this will help some people!

I have flights (out-return) in that timeframe, so I'm happy with a voucher but preference is for them to be cancelled so I can move (I had a really cheap fare).

mwp1

i am booked on BOS 213 in July returning from IAD on 216, as these routes are still operating daily , would BA cancel my bookings as a uk citizen I would be denied entry into the USA

???

southlondonphil

No. If the flight runs then your inability to get into the US (or indeed anywhere else) right now is your problem. BA knows only what is in your passport, not by what additional criteria you might qualify for any of the exceptions specific to your destination. Voluntary cancellation or re-booking under whatever the current terms are is your realistic option unless BA pulls the flight itself.

T8191

Which is my conundrum, with an LHR-IAD in the book. The 217/216 rotation is still operating, but the US won’t let us enter the country. My salvation lies in BA not operating (and thus cancelling) our JER-UK the previous day. <nervously tapping fingers!>

ISTFlyer

BA 217/216 is still operating, I assume that your Jersey-UK ticket is under the same PNR and ticket.
If not, ask BA to change one leg to BA293/292 and the other one to the BWI rotation with the zero change fee policy. It would increase your chances of cancellation.

T8191

Same PNR, Sir. Thankfully!

BAeuro

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Alex Macheras

So maybe BA’s BOB will be taken up by more legacy airlines...

Will100

Its all priced in anyway, take or leave it.

I’ve never really understood the big issue with it personally.

alex67500

At the moment cash flow is king, so if BA can return some of their B77x to the lessors and keep their paid-up B747s in the air instead it would make sense. Especially, as you point out, with current fuel prices. But I may be missing something else, I'm not an airline beancounter

RichH6109

Can I ask a few FT regulars to pick up their crystal balls and offer me their opinions?

I’ve got a LHR-SJC BA holiday (4 CW seats and 1 night hotel) booked for late August with a large balance due in July. This was supposed to be a wedding anniversary celebration. My wife and kids have never flown CW.

Am I better off losing the deposit and rebooking for 2021? I’m not expecting the trip to be cancelled but closed lounges and packed lunches don’t equate to the balance outstanding!

jerry a. laska

BA Holidays currently provides that balance payments aren’t due until 3 weeks before travel. You probably should wait until that time to reassess as BA may cancel the flights.

t18c97

Any guesses when the September schedule would be changed to account for COVID-19? I have a BA191 LHR->AUS on 9/2 that was for a return of a cruise which has been cancelled. I paid for preassigned seats which I lose the $’s on if I cancel but I understand if BA cancels they will refund.

GumshoeW12

They’ve only just started changing July so probably another couple of months.

Right now it’s impossible to speculate on whether LHR-AUS will operate in Sep as no-one knows whether Trump will have lifted the US travel ban, whether AUS will be allowed to receive flights from the UK and whether either country will still insist on quarantine on arrival.

subject2load

I would imagine, Uncle T, that - regardless of entry restrictions - you are actually pretty keen (??) to avoid the US for a good while. But maybe I’m wrong.

The country is in the unenviable position of being global leader in Covid-related fatalities - and by quite some margin. Without wanting even to begin to make comment on causes surrounding the ongoing protests and unrest in countless cities across the USA, the fact that there is self-evidently zero distancing amongst the very large crowds is itself a major worry in terms of the prospects of getting to grips with the infection rate.

As for our own unpleasant situation here in the UK : there are, tragically, very few countries currently trending worse statistics - whether for death rates or for infection cases per capita. So, two very different countries size-wise, separated by thousands of miles of water, and yet sadly far too similar where the continuing effects of this virus are concerned. One could almost liken the risk factor of travelling between the two as akin to going from the frying pan into the fire.

T8191

Not exactly keen to cancel, but conscious that the US experience in suburban VA is likely diminished. Whilst we want to meet up with our friends there, if Bars/Restaurants are closed etc. it makes a 2-week trip notably less interesting/pleasurable. The ‘risk’ aspect exists, but we woukd be capable of managing that with reasonable ease.

Anyway, out of our hands now ... had the cancellation email this morning. JER-LGW flights gone, and the LHR-IAD (whilst still operating) would not be allowing us to fly due to US Border restrictions. New hobby = getting refunds on flights, car hire and accommodation!