Mar 25, 2020, 2:38 pm
Last edit by: Mwenenzi
BA rebooking to QR as post 1225 in "BA Covid-19 Rebooking / Cancellation / Refund Help & Advice" thread
Post 902 link--> https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/australia/return-to-the-uk
BA16 SYD-SIN-LHR May be others
24 March Tuesday
BA16 did not allow LHR passengers to board, due to Singapore no transit rule enacted 23:59 23-03-2020
Richardc77
Mrs Richardc77
25 March Wednesday
BA16 did not allow passengers to board. Flight delayed 24 hrs
Richardc77
Mrs Richardc77
Navylad_freind x 3
26 March Thursday
BA16 SIN transit exemption granted late 25/03/20 as post 664
2 flights scheduled BA16D 16:30 & BA16 18:30 Both left late
Richardc77
Mrs Richardc77
I Claudius
I Claudius_+1
Navylad_freind x 3
27 March Friday
Sanjenni_daughter ADL-SYD-SIN-LHR-GLA
28 March Saturday
?
29 March Sunday
WesSnipes MEL-SYD-SIN-LHR
flyo MEL-SYD, SYD-SIN-LHR
cahillpm SYD-SIN-LHR-DUB
cahillpm_+1 SYD-SIN-LHR-DUB
30 March Monday
?
31 March Tuesday
Wayne Kisbee ADL-SYD(JQ), SYD-SIN-LHR
Wayne Kisbee_+1 ADL-SYD(JQ), SYD-SIN-LHR
to
9 April Thursday
Last flight BA to LHR as post 866 and 902
Post 902 link--> https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/australia/return-to-the-uk
BA have released a guideline for rebooking cancelled services onto QR services that are still operating:
Published today (30-Mar-2020) at 5:26pm
Advice for British Airways-125 ticketed customers whose BA flight is now CANCELLED
Rebook onto: Qatar Airways
Routes/Airports affected: Any cancelled British Airways service where QR also operate the route via DOH, e.g. SYD-LHR rebook onto SYD-DOH-LHR
Tickets issued by: 28 March 2020
Ticket travel dates: 29 March – 30 June 2020
New travel dates: Up to and including 30 June 2020
<snip>
Published today (30-Mar-2020) at 5:26pm
Advice for British Airways-125 ticketed customers whose BA flight is now CANCELLED
Rebook onto: Qatar Airways
Routes/Airports affected: Any cancelled British Airways service where QR also operate the route via DOH, e.g. SYD-LHR rebook onto SYD-DOH-LHR
Tickets issued by: 28 March 2020
Ticket travel dates: 29 March – 30 June 2020
New travel dates: Up to and including 30 June 2020
<snip>
BA16 SYD-SIN-LHR May be others
24 March Tuesday
BA16 did not allow LHR passengers to board, due to Singapore no transit rule enacted 23:59 23-03-2020
Mrs Richardc77
25 March Wednesday
BA16 did not allow passengers to board. Flight delayed 24 hrs
Mrs Richardc77
26 March Thursday
BA16 SIN transit exemption granted late 25/03/20 as post 664
2 flights scheduled BA16D 16:30 & BA16 18:30 Both left late
Richardc77
Mrs Richardc77
I Claudius
I Claudius_+1
Navylad_freind x 3
27 March Friday
Sanjenni_daughter ADL-SYD-SIN-LHR-GLA
28 March Saturday
?
29 March Sunday
WesSnipes MEL-SYD-SIN-LHR
flyo MEL-SYD, SYD-SIN-LHR
cahillpm SYD-SIN-LHR-DUB
cahillpm_+1 SYD-SIN-LHR-DUB
30 March Monday
?
31 March Tuesday
Wayne Kisbee ADL-SYD(JQ), SYD-SIN-LHR
Wayne Kisbee_+1 ADL-SYD(JQ), SYD-SIN-LHR
to
9 April Thursday
Last flight BA to LHR as post 866 and 902
Post 902 link--> https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/australia/return-to-the-uk
Stuck in Australia or NZ - What are the options? etc (combined thread)
Mar 15, 2020, 3:38 am
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 517
Stuck in Australia or NZ - What are the options? etc (combined thread)
We’re UK residents (virus free!) in NZ and have flights from Auckland to Sydney next Weds viA ANZ then flight out of Sydney with BA 5 days later via 241...the rules for self-isolation in Aus are mighty low on specific details but we don't want to get there to spend 4 days in a hotel room.
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Moderator Note: 3 threads have been merged into one, so that it is easier for those who are in a similar situation to find help and information. The title has been edited accordingly.
LTN Phobia, Moderator: BA Forum
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Moderator Note: 3 threads have been merged into one, so that it is easier for those who are in a similar situation to find help and information. The title has been edited accordingly.
LTN Phobia, Moderator: BA Forum
Last edited by LTN Phobia; Mar 23, 2020 at 4:56 pm
Mar 15, 2020, 3:46 am
#2
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 846
We’re UK residents (virus free!) in NZ and have flights from Auckland to Sydney next Weds viA ANZ then flight out of Sydney with BA 5 days later via 241...the rules for self-isolation in Aus is low on details but we don't want to get there to spend 4 days in a hotel room.
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
if BA pulls the SYD flights, do you have travel insurance? If you do I would start talking to them anyhow and see what th3y can do to assist you within their policy.
hope you make it home ok and soon
Mar 15, 2020, 3:50 am
#3
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold
Posts: 570
We’re UK residents (virus free!) in NZ and have flights from Auckland to Sydney next Weds viA ANZ then flight out of Sydney with BA 5 days later via 241...the rules for self-isolation in Aus are mighty low on specific details but we don't want to get there to spend 4 days in a hotel room.
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Mar 15, 2020, 3:53 am
#4
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 517
Crikey...but who to check with? Nobody seems to know online, who can you.check with who actually knows? It all seems rather like a piss up in a brewery
Mar 15, 2020, 3:55 am
#5
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 945
Mar 15, 2020, 3:59 am
#6
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: NT Australia
Programs: QF WP
Posts: 4,160
or equally the Australian high commission in NZ
Mar 15, 2020, 4:05 am
#7
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 517
Will go through the process advised in the morning...if we go to Sydney is it even clear if we only have to self isolate for the 4 nights we are booked there or the full 14 days?
it’s all well and good making these statements but they really should explain all the friggin scenarios somewhere! Grrr
it’s all well and good making these statements but they really should explain all the friggin scenarios somewhere! Grrr
Mar 15, 2020, 4:17 am
#10
Join Date: May 2012
Programs: BA Gold, HHonors Diamond, IHG Platinum, Senior Railcard & Bus Pass
Posts: 983
The Australian ABC news network is inviting people to “ask a covid-19 question you would like us to investigate”. Worth a try? See the on-line form at the bottom of this news article about the quarantine annoucement.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...ralia/12057772
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-...ralia/12057772
Mar 15, 2020, 4:36 am
#14
Join Date: Nov 2010
Posts: 5,596
Send you luggage home by DHL/Fedex or whoever so you can travel hand baggage only, they are after all your dirty washing.
When you are hand baggage only see if you can get a seat through DOH on QR. I would just try to get home and forget your 2 for 1. I'm sure you can get some sort of voucher from BA later.
When you are hand baggage only see if you can get a seat through DOH on QR. I would just try to get home and forget your 2 for 1. I'm sure you can get some sort of voucher from BA later.
Mar 15, 2020, 4:36 am
#15
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Kent, UK
Programs: BA Gold; Turkish Miles&SmilesElite;; Freccia Alata Plus; Amex Platinum; SPG Gold; Marriott Gold Elit
Posts: 276
We’re UK residents (virus free!) in NZ and have flights from Auckland to Sydney next Weds viA ANZ then flight out of Sydney with BA 5 days later via 241...the rules for self-isolation in Aus are mighty low on specific details but we don't want to get there to spend 4 days in a hotel room.
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
Are we better off trying to change our ANZ flight to the day of the Sydney to UK BA flight, with the assumption they’ll allow us to transit through the airport to departures even though we will have to go through customs and then check in? Some people seem to be suggesting there will be issues with transit but I assume if you have homeward bound flight booked, they’d want you to be on it and leaving the country!
Thoughts?
I looked to see if there is availability on the Qatar AKL-DOH-LON flights but the AKL-DOH service appears to have been cancelled.
EDIT: I forgot the AKL-DOH on QR is not daily. It has seats available this week, at a cost of around NZ$1100 in economy, NZ$3000 in business for a one-way ticket.
Last edited by Mapman; Mar 15, 2020 at 4:55 am