corporate-wage-slave

I think you will be going to CEDR, see post 1352 in this thread, BA regards this as airport restrictions:
FAQ : Reason for flight delay or cancellation - 2023 edition

thomasd21

What is the 7 day thing for partial refunds?

corporate-wage-slave

The stated time when airlines are supposed to pay up reimbursement for downgrades, but post Mennen it's probably unrealistic and has never been enforced. It's also the timeframe for full refunds where rebooking isn't taken on cancellations or it's a trip in vain.

thomasd21

I see, is it 7 days from the date of the flight, or the date of the downgrade?

JD1905

I’m a regular reader of the forum and found myself in a bit of a situation yesterday - was wondering what advice experts here have for how I could have handled it better?

I had a booking on one ticket travelling A - B - C - my transit time at B was just over an hour. It became clear that I was going to miss my B - C connection due to a delay.

At this point, I could have abandoned my trip and booked a new flight from A - C - however my understanding is that i’d have lost out on any possible compensation. Eventually, I travelled on the original flight as planned, was rebooked on a new connection and ended up arriving 8hrs late.

Arriving home at 2am this morning, I regretted not just paying £200 for the direct flight which would have saved me 11hrs - but I wasn’t overly sure of what my insurance would cover and the potential to just be throwing money away. It would also have involved having to get us offloaded the original flight as we had a bag checked.

So yeah - what would others have done in this scenario, ride out the delay and hope for compensation if you’re delayed, or was there other better options on the table?

corporate-wage-slave

It would have to be the date of the flight, since you would not know for sure what cabin you were in until then. E.g. if there is an equipment change in 2 directions. But after the Mennens judgement where there is a finicky taxes recalculation then it's just not going to happen, arguably that judgement conflicts with the core principle of the Regulation on this one.

corporate-wage-slave

I wouldn't have checked a bag, obviously, but the old CWS maxim applies: what would you have done if for certain BA would never have paid up? In at least some people's minds, who are paid on billable hours, it would be a no-brainer.

Nicbev73

The cancelled flight was 09,45am lhr arriving lax 13.00.
Rescheduled flight 10.35am lhr to Chicago o’hare arriving 13.15 flight BA0295 operated by air Belgium for BA. Then AA1375 leaving Chicago 15.25 arriving LAX 17.43,

Nicbev73

thank you that’s what I was looking for, will await BA response then go to CEDR

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JD1905

Same - This was me and my partner travelling back from a Wedding so unfortunately wasn’t much alternative.

I do think in hindsight that just ditching the trip was probably a better option. But after having tried to keep down costs in the first instance it’d have been frustrating forking out more on additional flights I wouldn’t been refunded for. This did end up costing about the same in taxis and a huge waste of time - so i’d certainly be inclined to follow your thinking going forward.

AviosTreasureHunter

Thank you. Very useful to know.
Do you know of any successes trying this approach?
I will give it a go. I have access to a Scottish address. Fee is only £20.

corporate-wage-slave

No, I don't know of any successes in respect of 5 years over EC261 specifically. The Civil Online guidance does make it clear that while the Simple Procedure has a rulebook, it is very much at the Sheriff's discretion.

JD1905

Been waiting 11 weeks now for a response - should really have raised an MCOL case sooner.

I'm going to e-mail their legal department that settled with me from a previous case and see if they might pick it up to save them the legal fees.

randomz

A quick question -- BA 918 Lhr-Str is delayed by today. If a pax is connecting from the US, would they be eligible for compensation based the fact that their last leg is under 1500kms and delayed by over 2 hours?

Thanks!