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BA have in the last week made a number of adjustments to their schedule for the month of September.

London Heathrow Longhaul

Updated: 27 August (05:30)

Abuja - Daily (from 16SEP)
16SEP & 17SEP - 777-200ER (4 Class)
18SEP to 30SEP - 777-200ER (3 Class with CW suite)

Accra - Daily (3 Class) 777-200ER (from 04SEP)
Bahrain - 3 x Weekly (4 Class) 777-200ER (from 18SEP)
Bangalore - 4 x Weekly A350-1000XWB
Boston - Daily A350-1000XWB
Cairo - 3 x Weekly 787-9
Chicago - Daily A350-1000XWB
Dallas - Daily 787-10
Delhi - Daily 787-9
Dubai - Daily A350-1000XWB
Grand Cayman - (3 Class) 777-200ER (operates 17SEP only )
Hong Kong - Daily 777-300ER
Islamabad - 5 x Weekly 787-8
Kuwait - 3 x Weekly (4 Class) 777-200ER
Lagos - Daily (4 Class) 777-200ER
Los Angeles - Daily 787-9
Miami - Daily 787-9
Moscow DME - 3 x Weekly 787-8
Mumbai - 5 x Weekly 777-300ER
Nairobi - 4 x Weekly 777-300ER
New York (JFK) - 2 x Daily (4 Class). 777-200ER
Riyadh - 4 x Weekly (4 Class) 777-200ER
San Francisco - Daily 777-300ER
São Paulo - Daily 787-9
Seattle - 3 x Weekly 787-10
Seychelles - 2 x Weekly 787-9 (from 16SEP)
Shanghai - 2 x Weekly 777-300ER
Singapore - 4 x Weekly 777-300ER
Tel Aviv - 3 x Weekly A350-1000XWB
Toronto - Daily 787-8
Washington - Daily A350-1000XWB

London Gatwick Longhaul

Updated: 27 August (06:00)

Antigua - 2 x Weekly (3 Class) 777-200ER
Barbados - 3 to 4 x Weekly (4 Class) 777-200ER
Bermuda - 5 x Weekly (4 Class) 777-200ER
Kingston - 3 x Weekly (3 Class) 777-200ER
St Lucia - 2 x Weekly (4 Class) 777-200ER

London City

Updated: 27 August (06:15)

Belfast City - 5 x Weekly (from 07SEP)
Berlin - 5 x Weekly (from 07SEP)
Dublin - 5 x Weekly
Edinburgh - 6 x Weekly
Faro - 4 x Weekly
Florence - 13 x Weekly
Frankfurt - 4 x Weekly (from 07SEP)
Glasgow - 6 x Weekly
Ibiza - 7 x Weekly
Zürich - 4 x Weekly (from 07SEP)

Further changes are highly likely between now and the start of September

September 2020 flight cancellations and operational changes

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Jul 22, 2020, 9:30 am

#136

umgowah

Join Date: Nov 2009

Location: London, UK

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Had an email cancelling the return leg of a LHR-JNB-LHR flight yesterday for September 23rd.

It turns out that only the 747 flight was cancelled, the second flight of the day is still scheduled and I have reticketed to that. Of course the borders remain closed and lockdown is at Level 3, it would currently need to be stepped down to level one before International flights are permitted, and with the infection rates rising, especially in the immediate vicinity of Gauteng, the chances of the flight happening are slim to none.

With that in mind I looked to rebook (or additionally book) for June 2021. Still selling the 747 flight.....

Jul 22, 2020, 9:38 am

#137

SunnyinDoha

Join Date: Nov 2008

Location: Middle East

Programs: BA & THY Gold

Posts: 36

JED-LHR on 23rd Sept and LHR-SAN on 25th Sept cancelled
Only got one months notice of cancellation for the same set of flights in May now its two.
Not sure if that's good or bad?
LHR-SAN would have been 747-400 in the F nose

Last edited by SunnyinDoha; Jul 22, 2020 at 9:40 am Reason: Missed the 747 thing

Jul 22, 2020, 10:15 am

#138

Starship73

Join Date: Nov 2016

Programs: BAEC Silver

Posts: 457

BA11 (Heathrow-Singapore) on 18th September cancelled (was scheduled to be A380). BA12 return leg 29th September also cancelled.

Jul 22, 2020, 2:23 pm

#139

alex67500

Join Date: Apr 2012

Location: LON

Programs: Mucci, BAEC, Eurostar

Posts: 3,293

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zandy

We are booked on LHR-SEA (BA 49) on 7th Sept., then on to Honolulu on the 13th Sept. returning Honolulu to LAX on the 29th Sept followed by LAX- LHR (BA282) on the 2nd Oct. The tickets were purchased on credit card in November 2019, so pre Covid. With the current FCO travel advice together with the US travel restrictions on UK arrivals we are hoping for a cancellation to enable recovery of the costs. BA are telling me that if there are no cancellations and we choose not to travel we will forfeit our ticket costs less some taxes, regardless of FCO or US Gov. advice. Any advice welcome.
PS we do have travel insurance, but that requires the FCO advice not to travel to be in place.
Thanks

Not completely in contradiction to KARFA 's answer but this afternoon BA extended the Book with confidence policy until end of September so most of your travel would qualify for an FTV. If I were you I'd wait until closer in case cancellations happen, but it does open options for you.

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Jul 22, 2020, 2:56 pm

#140

Temps

Join Date: Nov 2015

Location: Oxford

Programs: BA Silver, HH Silver, IHG Plat

Posts: 169

Looks like Osaka (KIX) has been cancelled for all of September, wife and daughter got emails today. matrix showing nothing till October.

Jul 23, 2020, 1:02 am

#141

tonmason

Join Date: May 2016

Programs: United, Virgin, BA, AA

Posts: 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by Confus

Have a bit of patience! It’s ages away and there’s still a chance one of your flights may be cancelled before then. And there’s equally a chance that the voucher scheme is extended into September. My money (admittedly based on no evidence at all, just a hunch) is that there will be one more month’s extension of it, there’s still a decent chunk of early bookers who won’t want to travel and BA won’t want to annoy them too much.

So you were right, per BA today -

If you choose to cancel your booking

You can cancel and claim a voucher to the value of your booking, valid for travel until 20 April 2022 if you:

booked before 3 March 2020 and are due to travel between now and 30 September 2020
booked between 3 March 2020 and 31 August 2020 for travel between now and 30 April 2020

Now I need to see if I cancel if I lose the £1300 I paid for the hotel as it was a non-refundable rate. If I would, then I will sit and wait to see if my flights are cancelled for a full refund.

Jul 23, 2020, 1:05 am

#142

Zandy

Join Date: Jun 2008

Location: Kent UK

Programs: BA Blue

Posts: 16

Thanks alex67500 and KARFA for your response. Does the travel with confidence dates apply to individual flights or the trip initial flight date, ie our trip commences in Sept but the final LAX-LHR flight is in October? The news is making Mrs Zandy much calmer.

Jul 23, 2020, 1:18 am

#143

tonmason

Join Date: May 2016

Programs: United, Virgin, BA, AA

Posts: 41

Quote:

Originally Posted by KARFA

they may not have been posted as much, but there had have been and continue to be large numbers of short haul cancellations. Most routes are either not running currently or running at well below 50% of normal frequency, and these cancellations are continuing to the end of August. I am sure September cancellations will start in the next 3-5 weeks.

Thanks for this. As per today, my bookings would be eligible for a date change, so I am hopeful that I can either get a voucher or refund eventually. Of the £1800 I paid, £1300 was a non-refundable hotel rate. However, to my surprise, when I spoke to BA initially, I was told I could cancel my hotel booking and receive a refund less 20%, but I would also lose the airfare paid because my booking dates were outside of the Booking with Confidence dates. I have until September 7th to decide. I was skeptical of this as my hotel rate is non-refundable. Now I will just wait until the end of August and see what happens.

Jul 23, 2020, 1:53 am

#144

corporate-wage-slave

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Zandy

So long as it is on one booking, then you're OK. Outbound has to be on or before 30 September 2020, return can be anytime.

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Jul 23, 2020, 2:04 am

#145

Delboy65

Join Date: Jan 2020

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tonmason

If you choose to cancel your booking

You can cancel and claim a voucher to the value of your booking, valid for travel until 20 April 2022 if you:

booked before 3 March 2020 and are due to travel between now and 30 September 2020
booked between 3 March 2020 and 31 August 2020 for travel between now and 30 April 2020

Great news indeed.. but one question if I may;
How about the fee to pre-select seats, would that be accounted for or lost if choose to pre-book?

Jul 23, 2020, 2:16 am

#146

Cw novice

Join Date: Feb 2016

Posts: 947

Quote:

Originally Posted by Temps

Looks like Osaka (KIX) has been cancelled for all of September, wife and daughter got emails today. matrix showing nothing till October.

I'm due to go to Kix in December so am monitoring the Japan situation with interest. Fortunately it's a holiday booking so the balance isn't due until the end of October.

Jul 23, 2020, 2:18 am

#147

KARFA

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Delboy65

Great news indeed.. but one question if I may;
How about the fee to pre-select seats, would that be accounted for or lost if choose to pre-book?

any seat selection fees will be included in the FTV

Jul 23, 2020, 3:30 am

#148

opus99

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Programs: BA Exec Club

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https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...as-of-22jul20/

International Schedule for September!

Jul 23, 2020, 3:35 am

#149

corporate-wage-slave

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Quote:

Originally Posted by opus99

https://www.routesonline.com/news/38...as-of-22jul20/

International Schedule for September!

Two 777 flights a day to Las Vegas? I don't think so.

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Jul 23, 2020, 3:37 am

#150

opus99

Join Date: Jan 2019

Programs: BA Exec Club

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Quote:

Originally Posted by corporate-wage-slave

Two 777 flights a day to Las Vegas? I don't think so.

I just checked. Both those flights are currently bookable