December 2021 flight cancellations and operational changes
Oct 13, 2021, 6:37 am
#76
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: FRA, JFK
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BA906 is what I'm booked on at the moment, not sure it'll make it...
Oct 13, 2021, 10:00 am
#77
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold; Hilton Honors Diamond
Posts: 3,227
I have just had two cancellations for December: BA1326 LHR - NCL and BA1327 NCL - LHR have both been cancelled. From what I can see there's now only two daily flights to / from NCL. There also seems to be a real paucity of options to get from the USA to the UK from 21st December onwards. The only option that BA shows for a LAS departure on 21st December is now via MIA, arriving into NCL on the 23rd December. It's marginally better on the 22nd December, with three options but all are +2d arrivals. Not sure what is going on but it's a ludicrous situation to be in. BA is hardly going to entice people to fly if it keeps slashing its schedules like this.
Oct 13, 2021, 10:31 am
#78
Original Poster
Join Date: Sep 2014
Programs: Alaska MM, AA MM, BA Silver, Bonvoy Lifetime Gold
Posts: 316
Same here. LHR to PRG Dec 10 now the evening flight. Now have a 7+ hour layover in LHR. (Flying in from SEA) First world problem I guess. I at least I have OW Emerald lounge access. :-)
Oct 13, 2021, 11:26 am
#79
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: UK - Hampshire & London
Programs: Mucci de Guardian des Celliers des Grands Crus 1e Classé, plus BAEC.
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Oct 13, 2021, 1:58 pm
#80
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Central Scotland
Programs: BAEC Gold, Miles & More Silver, Privilege Club Silver
Posts: 544
Just had BA0951 MUC-LHR cancelled on the 10th, means another day of trying to contact BA tomorrow, never spent so much time on the phone.
The alternative offered at 0745 is a nonstarter., I don’t mind starting at that time from home but not from foreign shores.
The alternative offered at 0745 is a nonstarter., I don’t mind starting at that time from home but not from foreign shores.
Oct 13, 2021, 4:00 pm
#82
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Las Vegas
Programs: BA Gold; Hilton Honors Diamond
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On a positive note I was able to get rebooked over the phone with BA. The call itself was about an hour with 40 minutes or so spent on hold. The agent I spoke with was extremely helpful, and although she offered the direct LAS - LHR service had no issues with the more convoluted routing that I proposed.
It means we now leave LAS on the evening of the 20th rather than the morning of the 21st and fly LAS - LAX - JFK - LHR - NCL instead of LAS - JFK - LHR - NCL. It means an enforced overnight in LAX and an earlier arrival into NCL. However, it's 40 extra TPs, lie flat beds on the 321-T between LAX and JFK, plus club suites JFK - LHR. Every cloud has a silver lining!
It means we now leave LAS on the evening of the 20th rather than the morning of the 21st and fly LAS - LAX - JFK - LHR - NCL instead of LAS - JFK - LHR - NCL. It means an enforced overnight in LAX and an earlier arrival into NCL. However, it's 40 extra TPs, lie flat beds on the 321-T between LAX and JFK, plus club suites JFK - LHR. Every cloud has a silver lining!
Oct 14, 2021, 2:15 am
#84
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Paris has. I booked yesterday afternoon and it got cancelled that night. I can’t keep up. Sofia has lost the Saturday rotation in November but I expect that everyone knows that.
Oct 14, 2021, 2:35 am
#87
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 94
Got a cancellation yesterday for LHR to BUD on 2nd December, shifting us from morning flight to the evening flight, looking on Book a flight and ITA Matrix today though there doesn't seem to be any flights on 02/12 LHR to BUD... Hoping it's just sold out and we haven't got another cancellation email on the way 
Oct 14, 2021, 2:41 am
#88
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: JER
Programs: BAEC
Posts: 812
Does send a really bad message to promote the business on the basis that things are starting to get back to normal and then announce a host of cancellations to places with very few Covid restrictions. 'Book with not much confidence', I fear.
Oct 14, 2021, 2:44 am
#90
Join Date: Jan 2016
Posts: 94
It's frustrating, but I don't think they can do much else at the moment, it's one reason why I booked 5 weekend break holidays in 5 months - in the hope that at least one or two of them might actually happen!