When will BA cancel my Japan flight?
Aug 1, 2020, 9:14 am
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When will BA cancel my Japan flight?
Greetings All,
Back in Dec/Jan i managed to grab myself a CW return to Japan for October, since then we have had the Nasty little covid-19 turn up and Japan has closed its borders to All apart from returning natives.
So my question is this, i'm sitting at T-9 weeks till my flight, at what point will BA cancel it allowing me to get a refund as i'm NOT interested in a voucher at all.
Back in Dec/Jan i managed to grab myself a CW return to Japan for October, since then we have had the Nasty little covid-19 turn up and Japan has closed its borders to All apart from returning natives.
So my question is this, i'm sitting at T-9 weeks till my flight, at what point will BA cancel it allowing me to get a refund as i'm NOT interested in a voucher at all.
Aug 1, 2020, 9:37 am
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Aug 1, 2020, 9:44 am
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But seeing as BA are operating flights in their schedule from end of August - it’s not a dead cert they’ll cancel. So maybe a voucher comes into play. Plenty of other threads showing cancellation rough timelines and cancel options:
Covid-19 BA Rebooking/Cancellation/Refund HELP & ADVICE *No Speculation etc*
Impacts of Coronavirus to BA's August schedule
September 2020 flight cancellations and operational changes
Covid-19 BA Rebooking/Cancellation/Refund HELP & ADVICE *No Speculation etc*
Impacts of Coronavirus to BA's August schedule
September 2020 flight cancellations and operational changes
Aug 1, 2020, 10:43 am
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Even if the present restrictions continue, BA may well operate the flight. It may fly fewer frequencies, but there are very broad exemptions to the general rules and therefore some demand. In any event, with a fluid situation, BA might not cancel until quite near the flight.
In any event, you have no incentive to cancel now unless you wish a credit for future travel. By waiting until close to flight time (remember that even scheduled flights are cancelled for maintenance and weather), you assure that if there is a cancellation or a substantial schedule change, that you are entitled to a refund. At worst, you cancel very close in and get what you may have today.
In any event, you have no incentive to cancel now unless you wish a credit for future travel. By waiting until close to flight time (remember that even scheduled flights are cancelled for maintenance and weather), you assure that if there is a cancellation or a substantial schedule change, that you are entitled to a refund. At worst, you cancel very close in and get what you may have today.
Aug 1, 2020, 5:59 pm
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I had my September 24th and October 10th flights to haneda cancelled a week ago. Wouldn’t surprise me if yours went the same way. Frankly I was shocked it was so far out but knew it would be cancelled no way would Japan be letting us in by then with their current restrictions.
Aug 1, 2020, 7:47 pm
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I had my September 24th and October 10th flights to haneda cancelled a week ago. Wouldn’t surprise me if yours went the same way. Frankly I was shocked it was so far out but knew it would be cancelled no way would Japan be letting us in by then with their current restrictions.
Aug 1, 2020, 10:36 pm
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Aug 1, 2020, 10:53 pm
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Exactly. I'm a UK/Canadian dual citizen but have no idea who is flying LHR-YYZ with no non Canadian citizens/PRs and a couple of dozen exemptions involved and still 14 day quarantines on both ends but apparently there are enough eligible people with exemptions somehow to allow BA and AC to keep the daily service going on the route. I'm sure this works on UK-Japan as well. I would not be 100% that BA cancels the flight
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Aug 2, 2020, 2:37 am
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That said, most airlines, including BA, would make a gesture - a voucher in this case - but not a full refund.
Aug 2, 2020, 5:27 am
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Our flights to Seattle were cancelled with just under 24hrs before departure a couple of months ago.
Hold off until you're right down to the wire to accept a voucher (from memory you can get close to ~1hr before the flight leaves?), but if the flight operates and you're unable to be on it, you'll have to accept the voucher, unless you've got travel insurance which will cover you cancelling your ticket.
Hold off until you're right down to the wire to accept a voucher (from memory you can get close to ~1hr before the flight leaves?), but if the flight operates and you're unable to be on it, you'll have to accept the voucher, unless you've got travel insurance which will cover you cancelling your ticket.
Aug 2, 2020, 5:47 am
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I wouldn't wait till the last hour.
What happens if you lose your phone. Computer dies on you. Can't get through to BA. Your service provider goes down. Etc etc.
I would leave it till 24 hours , no later, before a flight to get a voucher
What happens if you lose your phone. Computer dies on you. Can't get through to BA. Your service provider goes down. Etc etc.
I would leave it till 24 hours , no later, before a flight to get a voucher
Aug 2, 2020, 6:00 am
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Do you have travel insurance taken prior to March, since you booked it before COVID-19 was known about, if you have travel insurance, you might want to speak to them as you might be able to get actually money rather than a future travel voucher.