March 2021 flight cancellations and operational changes
Jan 17, 2021, 12:02 pm
#76
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AMS, BER, BRU, DUS, FRA, FCO all down to a fairly skeleton service now for most of the month. I wonder if they are proceeding alphabetically by airport code?
Cancellations seem to be mainline only rather than CityFlyer at the moment.
Cancellations seem to be mainline only rather than CityFlyer at the moment.
Jan 17, 2021, 4:49 pm
#78
Join Date: Aug 2015
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Yep, they did the same thing last time - European SH tends to come through alphabetically. However most flights are already 0'd out, just waiting for the cancellation emails now.
Jan 17, 2021, 7:11 pm
#79
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Jan 18, 2021, 4:05 am
#81
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i was under the understanding that if BA cancel you get free rebook to dates of your choice
Jan 18, 2021, 4:39 am
#83
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They have definitely taken the view that it is going to be lockdown levels of travel for the whole of March (at least on short haul which is what I have been keeping an eye on). I have been trying to work out it there is a way of easily generating a list of what's running. You could previously do that (for a single day at least) using FlightStats but that now seems to be part of the paid service.
Jan 18, 2021, 5:12 am
#84
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I just had:
March 18 - BA 703 VIE-LHR
March 22 BA 706 LHR-VIE
canceled.
So far, I've requested refunds for 2 out of the 3 booking I made in December, when I got caught up in a flurry of optimism after the vaccine was announced.
Edited to add - the Austrian (or German?) call center has been amazing - really nice, helpful service the two times in the past week I've had to call them.
March 18 - BA 703 VIE-LHR
March 22 BA 706 LHR-VIE
canceled.
So far, I've requested refunds for 2 out of the 3 booking I made in December, when I got caught up in a flurry of optimism after the vaccine was announced.
Edited to add - the Austrian (or German?) call center has been amazing - really nice, helpful service the two times in the past week I've had to call them.
Last edited by dcmike; Jan 18, 2021 at 5:25 am
Jan 18, 2021, 5:48 am
#85
Join Date: Nov 2018
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I just had:
March 18 - BA 703 VIE-LHR
March 22 BA 706 LHR-VIE
canceled.
So far, I've requested refunds for 2 out of the 3 booking I made in December, when I got caught up in a flurry of optimism after the vaccine was announced.
Edited to add - the Austrian (or German?) call center has been amazing - really nice, helpful service the two times in the past week I've had to call them.
March 18 - BA 703 VIE-LHR
March 22 BA 706 LHR-VIE
canceled.
So far, I've requested refunds for 2 out of the 3 booking I made in December, when I got caught up in a flurry of optimism after the vaccine was announced.
Edited to add - the Austrian (or German?) call center has been amazing - really nice, helpful service the two times in the past week I've had to call them.
yeah, that's Bremen. they are awesome!
cancellation waves like these are always a good opportunity to thank them. they are doing a great job and try to help as much as they can/are allowed to. I don't want to do that job in these times.
wait time on the gold line are about 15 minutes this morning.
Jan 18, 2021, 6:08 am
#87
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Expert Flyer has a big warning at the top that everything with a US point of sale is currently showing as zero, so you may want to check that setting as I’m not seeing things zeroed out when choosing the UK pos.
Jan 18, 2021, 6:16 am
#88
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Did you try a dummy booking in economy, LHR-MLE seems to be sold in club on a few days. BA are swapping a lot of the flights to the refitted 777 with the club suite to accommodate more club passengers, hence EF isnt working on some dates.
Jan 18, 2021, 6:17 am
#89
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BA have probably just realised that unrestricted travel is likely far down the list of priority re-openings
Jan 18, 2021, 6:22 am
#90
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At the weekend the government said they will start to ease restrictions in March. They also previously said this will start with Schools, adding other freedoms incrementally.
BA have probably just realised that unrestricted travel is likely far down the list of priority re-openings
BA have probably just realised that unrestricted travel is likely far down the list of priority re-openings
My expectation is that as lockdown ends and the country moves to a Tier 1-3 or Tier 1-4 system, at least those first few tiers are not going to have a formal non-essential international travel ban. Time will tell I guess....