August 2021 flight cancellations and operational changes
Jul 8, 2021, 2:12 am
#151
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So my Aug 20 LHR-KEF and my AUG 29 KEF-LHR were both just canceled. Five bookings in 2021, all five canceled. Refunds requested for each.
So my fourth booking which was canceled three weeks ago still shows up in MMB. Should I be concerned, even though I've already received the refund?
So my fourth booking which was canceled three weeks ago still shows up in MMB. Should I be concerned, even though I've already received the refund?
Jul 8, 2021, 11:31 am
#152
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: LHR/SEA/YVR
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Indeed. Most annoying is that it will also generate notifications which could be quite unsettling if a flight on your active booking is on a later date. I had a panic attack when BA app annonced a final call on a flight I was to take the next day.
Jul 8, 2021, 1:29 pm
#155
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Gdańsk, Cluj, Wroclaw and Riga gone for the first week of August too. This seems very counterintuitive when the government have effectively moved Amber nations to Green for fully vaccinated travellers.
Jul 8, 2021, 1:51 pm
#156
Join Date: Jan 2021
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Presumably a large chunk of these routes would be for inbound travel where today’s announcement has absolutely no impact whatsoever.
Jul 8, 2021, 2:16 pm
#157
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Location: London, UK
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I also just noticed that Poland, Romania and Austria have kept the ‘All but essential travel’ advice. Now that may change but other Amber countries have seen that dropped.
Jul 8, 2021, 3:18 pm
#158
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Jul 8, 2021, 3:23 pm
#159
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Jul 8, 2021, 5:33 pm
#160
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IST-LHR is zeroed out on 7AUG, so I'd guess this was a fatfinger of some sort - seems unlikely to me that a flight from a red list country would be truly sold out one week after service restarts.
Jul 9, 2021, 2:22 am
#161
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+ Austria & France, my status will suffer this year! Apart from Spain & Greece it feels like there is no European flight programme...
Jul 9, 2021, 2:26 am
#162
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Jul 9, 2021, 7:33 am
#163
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JFK was reduced to x4 daily flights a week ago for August. The late 1950 LHR-JFK and returning 0755 being amongst the flights culled.
I understand that further cuts are in progress, reducing it again to x2 daily throughout August, with only the 1120/1800 going out and the 1830/2300 returning. If you are not on those, expect to get cancellations shortly.
I understand that further cuts are in progress, reducing it again to x2 daily throughout August, with only the 1120/1800 going out and the 1830/2300 returning. If you are not on those, expect to get cancellations shortly.
Jul 9, 2021, 7:50 am
#164
Join Date: Jun 2021
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AA finally admitted that my ATL-LHR routes operated by BA in August (BA226 on the 4th and BA227 on the 15th) were canceled--a week later and only after I called them and told them.
Rebooked on an AA-operated route through LHR with the last legs to/from ATH on BA-operated flights (BA636 and BA623). Any insights or predictions on whether those LHR-ATH routes will ultimately operate?
Rebooked on an AA-operated route through LHR with the last legs to/from ATH on BA-operated flights (BA636 and BA623). Any insights or predictions on whether those LHR-ATH routes will ultimately operate?
Jul 9, 2021, 11:35 am
#165
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BA LHR to PHX pushed back another week, for about the 7th time. Now restarts August 16th - Ha ha, no way will US UK be open by then. US has a problem with Delta Variant and now Delta Plus, no one in their right mind woud open up travel to US citizens when its impossible to know if they are vaccinated.