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Link to the full original text of the regulations in PDF format
Downgrades: Mennens case - calculation formula is in this post
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Click here for last year's (2020) thread.
Downgrades: Mennens case - calculation formula is in this post
Brexit and Covid pointers: see post 8
Click here for last year's (2020) thread.
The 2021/22 BA compensation thread: Your guide to Regulation EC261/2004
Jul 17, 2022, 3:45 am
#1861
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You may want to look at the main EC261 thread for details and data points. If the surnames are the same then it can be one case, if not I would submit one case, see what happens. Put a note in the case that there is a second claimant, and if successful let BA know they will have to go through the process again unless they settle the second case. MCOL will be faster and more likely to be successful, but CEDR would easier and wouldn't risk a court fee.
Jul 17, 2022, 5:12 am
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I’d be grateful for collective thoughts here.
BA have cancelled, amongst others, the return leg of a LHR-MAN return. The possible flights they’ve offered don’t work for me (I’m teaching on a course there and working in London the next day l so can’t fly 4 hours earlier). So looking to cancel the return leg and get the train, but BA are insisting on repricing it as a one-way if I do that. Is that in keeping with the regulations?
BA have cancelled, amongst others, the return leg of a LHR-MAN return. The possible flights they’ve offered don’t work for me (I’m teaching on a course there and working in London the next day l so can’t fly 4 hours earlier). So looking to cancel the return leg and get the train, but BA are insisting on repricing it as a one-way if I do that. Is that in keeping with the regulations?
Jul 17, 2022, 5:15 am
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I’d be grateful for collective thoughts here.
BA have cancelled, amongst others, the return leg of a LHR-MAN return. The possible flights they’ve offered don’t work for me (I’m teaching on a course there and working in London the next day l so can’t fly 4 hours earlier). So looking to cancel the return leg and get the train, but BA are insisting on repricing it as a one-way if I do that. Is that in keeping with the regulations?
BA have cancelled, amongst others, the return leg of a LHR-MAN return. The possible flights they’ve offered don’t work for me (I’m teaching on a course there and working in London the next day l so can’t fly 4 hours earlier). So looking to cancel the return leg and get the train, but BA are insisting on repricing it as a one-way if I do that. Is that in keeping with the regulations?
Jul 17, 2022, 5:49 am
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Bit of a BA/UK261 novice here so glad for some help here. How long does it take for BA to respond to a claim? For some context, I was scheduled to be on
LAX-LHR BA 280 July 8 (scheduled: 5:05pm - 11:30am(+1), actual: 06:36pm - 12:56pm(+1))
LHR-ATH BA 632 July 9 (scheduled: 1:45pm - 7:30pm).
BA 280 departed late from LAX due to late arriving crew and thus landed late on July 9 at 12:56pm. We were deplaned at remote stand 551 next to T5C and bussed to T5A. We did not arrive at T5A via bus until 1:17pm, causing me to miss the connection due to conformance. I was thus rebooked on
LHR-ATH BA 622 July 9 (scheduled: 10:25PM - 4:15AM(+1), actual: 11:03PM - 04:25AM(+1))
causing me to arrive 9 hours later. To be clear, I'm entitled to UK261 compensation in this case right?
LAX-LHR BA 280 July 8 (scheduled: 5:05pm - 11:30am(+1), actual: 06:36pm - 12:56pm(+1))
LHR-ATH BA 632 July 9 (scheduled: 1:45pm - 7:30pm).
BA 280 departed late from LAX due to late arriving crew and thus landed late on July 9 at 12:56pm. We were deplaned at remote stand 551 next to T5C and bussed to T5A. We did not arrive at T5A via bus until 1:17pm, causing me to miss the connection due to conformance. I was thus rebooked on
LHR-ATH BA 622 July 9 (scheduled: 10:25PM - 4:15AM(+1), actual: 11:03PM - 04:25AM(+1))
causing me to arrive 9 hours later. To be clear, I'm entitled to UK261 compensation in this case right?
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Jul 17, 2022, 5:51 am
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I’d been keen for people to update us here with how they go on seeking compensation for the HAL cancelled flights, I realise it may take months - but time is on our side - what compensation route people took and what arguments they made (if they were ultimately successful).
Jul 17, 2022, 7:10 am
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Hi everyone, sorry to bump this, but has the reason code for the cancellation of the BA0503 LIS-LHR on 19 July appeared yet? I fully expect it to be ARPN but it would good to know before I put in my claim for compensation. At this stage my rearranged flight is still showing as operating.
Jul 17, 2022, 7:16 am
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Hi everyone, sorry to bump this, but has the reason code for the cancellation of the BA0503 LIS-LHR on 19 July appeared yet? I fully expect it to be ARPN but it would good to know before I put in my claim for compensation. At this stage my rearranged flight is still showing as operating.
Jul 17, 2022, 7:19 am
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It looks like you are in scope, on the information provided. BA sometimes responds quickly to clear cases, like within a week, but there are some people who have cases from 3 months ago unanswered. That at least is the time span you are looking at here.
Jul 17, 2022, 7:48 am
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Is any kind soul able to find out the cause of the cancellation of the 14:30 EDI - LCY today (BA8707) please?
Jul 17, 2022, 8:08 am
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Jul 17, 2022, 8:09 am
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It's down as INDN - industrial action / no. I can't square that with any sort of reality since as far as I know LCY and EDI are not trying to ration flights, and I don't know of any strikes either. There is a hint that the flight had a rotational problem, e.g. a strike on a previous leg which caused the aircraft to be diverted.
Jul 17, 2022, 8:15 am
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Jul 17, 2022, 8:21 am
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Jul 17, 2022, 8:26 am
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but the flight was due to leave flr for Edinburgh at 1140 (see expertflyer) so should not have been affected by the strike. It could be it was late for operational reasons and then missed its slot but this requires more information than I can find...
Jul 17, 2022, 8:53 am
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Well looking at the aircraft's movements on Saturday, where it did a number of trips between EDI and the Channel Islands, it got back to EDI over an hour late. I'm wondering if this ate too much in the crew rest time so they were always going to be over an hour late for work on Sunday, then due to all the other aircraft trying to get in and out of FLR, it ended up doing the morning's EDI-FLR 2 hours late, arriving into FLR at 13 hrs, and thus unable to get out.