DUB>LON>BOS
Jul 1, 2022, 12:54 pm
#1
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DUB>LON>BOS
We are flying to Boston on Tuesday in to LCY and out of LHR (BA having cancelled our original flight into LHR) on Tuesday next week.
The 11:05 to LCY isn't showing on BA's website to buy tickets, I assume because there are so many people wanting seats from other cancelled flights that there are no seats available. Expertflyer is showing a seat map for the flight.
The EI forum is full of cancellations to London and having already had our flight pushed back once I want to be prepared to fight our corner if we have problems at DUB.
If our flight to LON is cancelled, can we ask BA to rebook us onto either one of the direct EI flights to Boston instead?
Or, am I just being a bit twitchy?
The 11:05 to LCY isn't showing on BA's website to buy tickets, I assume because there are so many people wanting seats from other cancelled flights that there are no seats available. Expertflyer is showing a seat map for the flight.
The EI forum is full of cancellations to London and having already had our flight pushed back once I want to be prepared to fight our corner if we have problems at DUB.
If our flight to LON is cancelled, can we ask BA to rebook us onto either one of the direct EI flights to Boston instead?
Or, am I just being a bit twitchy?
Jul 1, 2022, 1:17 pm
#2
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Location: Dublin,Ireland and Nice France
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We are flying to Boston on Tuesday in to LCY and out of LHR (BA having cancelled our original flight into LHR) on Tuesday next week.
The 11:05 to LCY isn't showing on BA's website to buy tickets, I assume because there are so many people wanting seats from other cancelled flights that there are no seats available. Expertflyer is showing a seat map for the flight.
The EI forum is full of cancellations to London and having already had our flight pushed back once I want to be prepared to fight our corner if we have problems at DUB.
If our flight to LON is cancelled, can we ask BA to rebook us onto either one of the direct EI flights to Boston instead?
Or, am I just being a bit twitchy?
The 11:05 to LCY isn't showing on BA's website to buy tickets, I assume because there are so many people wanting seats from other cancelled flights that there are no seats available. Expertflyer is showing a seat map for the flight.
The EI forum is full of cancellations to London and having already had our flight pushed back once I want to be prepared to fight our corner if we have problems at DUB.
If our flight to LON is cancelled, can we ask BA to rebook us onto either one of the direct EI flights to Boston instead?
Or, am I just being a bit twitchy?
EU rules mean you can insist they book you on any carrier not just BA,so you can ask BA to rebook you on an EI Dub Bos I'd imagine or on AA indirect or any of the U.S carriers or even on air canada
Jul 1, 2022, 1:32 pm
#4
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https://www.citizensinformation.ie/e...d_flights.html
In the hopefully unlikely event that the lcy connection is cancelled and you are arguing your case at the desk,show them that to insist that they fly you on ANY carrier direct from Dub to Bos if thats what you want
rather than be told the next day via lhr or something
In the hopefully unlikely event that the lcy connection is cancelled and you are arguing your case at the desk,show them that to insist that they fly you on ANY carrier direct from Dub to Bos if thats what you want
rather than be told the next day via lhr or something
Jul 1, 2022, 1:43 pm
#5
Join Date: Nov 2017
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If your booking is all one pnr,then BA will get you onto another boston flight
EU rules mean you can insist they book you on any carrier not just BA,so you can ask BA to rebook you on an EI Dub Bos I'd imagine or on AA indirect or any of the U.S carriers or even on air canada
EU rules mean you can insist they book you on any carrier not just BA,so you can ask BA to rebook you on an EI Dub Bos I'd imagine or on AA indirect or any of the U.S carriers or even on air canada
Jul 1, 2022, 2:48 pm
#6
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Yes they can. The information here is from this website: https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb...mer-guidelines
Since you're on a 'joint business routing' from DUB to BOS, the standard customer guidelines allow you to be rebooked onto an AY/AA/EI flight and therefore this includes the direct flight from DUB to BOS. However, this is dependent on the DUB-LCY being cancelled as you have accepted that flight (if not, then you're free to call up and rebook). I don't see too many undue disasters happening. LCY is fairly reliable given the general jist of things at the moment, and since you're on a morning flights there shouldn't be (m)any rotational delays.
Since you're on a 'joint business routing' from DUB to BOS, the standard customer guidelines allow you to be rebooked onto an AY/AA/EI flight and therefore this includes the direct flight from DUB to BOS. However, this is dependent on the DUB-LCY being cancelled as you have accepted that flight (if not, then you're free to call up and rebook). I don't see too many undue disasters happening. LCY is fairly reliable given the general jist of things at the moment, and since you're on a morning flights there shouldn't be (m)any rotational delays.
Jul 2, 2022, 1:48 am
#7
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Thank you all for your thoughts on this.
the BA website says 3.5 hours connection between City and Heathrow, so I have 50 minutes spare for delays.
Presumably if the Dublin>London flight is 50+ Minutes delayed I can ask to be moved to a different flight as I “won’t” make my London to Boston flight.
The issue is if the delay becomes known after I have boarded, but I am fairly confident that City is OK.
My only disappointment is that there isn’t an obvious link to the Elizabeth Line for transiting London.
the BA website says 3.5 hours connection between City and Heathrow, so I have 50 minutes spare for delays.
Presumably if the Dublin>London flight is 50+ Minutes delayed I can ask to be moved to a different flight as I “won’t” make my London to Boston flight.
The issue is if the delay becomes known after I have boarded, but I am fairly confident that City is OK.
My only disappointment is that there isn’t an obvious link to the Elizabeth Line for transiting London.
Jul 2, 2022, 2:32 am
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Hi,
This may help
LCY-LHR connection, 175 minutes - possible?
2 approaches to get from LCY to the Elizabeth line
ie via Poplar or Woolwich arsenal
It took about 1hr 15 mins from leaving LCY bag reclaim to T5 ( you do need to drop bags off at LHR 60mins for long haul and go through security at t-35 at the latest)
Regards
TBS
This may help
LCY-LHR connection, 175 minutes - possible?
2 approaches to get from LCY to the Elizabeth line
ie via Poplar or Woolwich arsenal
It took about 1hr 15 mins from leaving LCY bag reclaim to T5 ( you do need to drop bags off at LHR 60mins for long haul and go through security at t-35 at the latest)
Regards
TBS
Last edited by The _Banking_Scot; Jul 2, 2022 at 2:43 am
Jul 2, 2022, 2:38 am
#9
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Thank you all for your thoughts on this.
the BA website says 3.5 hours connection between City and Heathrow, so I have 50 minutes spare for delays.
Presumably if the Dublin>London flight is 50+ Minutes delayed I can ask to be moved to a different flight as I “won’t” make my London to Boston flight.
The issue is if the delay becomes known after I have boarded, but I am fairly confident that City is OK.
My only disappointment is that there isn’t an obvious link to the Elizabeth Line for transiting London.
the BA website says 3.5 hours connection between City and Heathrow, so I have 50 minutes spare for delays.
Presumably if the Dublin>London flight is 50+ Minutes delayed I can ask to be moved to a different flight as I “won’t” make my London to Boston flight.
The issue is if the delay becomes known after I have boarded, but I am fairly confident that City is OK.
My only disappointment is that there isn’t an obvious link to the Elizabeth Line for transiting London.
Jul 2, 2022, 3:41 am
#10
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Dublin,Ireland and Nice France
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Posts: 2,058
Thank you all for your thoughts on this.
the BA website says 3.5 hours connection between City and Heathrow, so I have 50 minutes spare for delays.
Presumably if the Dublin>London flight is 50+ Minutes delayed I can ask to be moved to a different flight as I “won’t” make my London to Boston flight.
The issue is if the delay becomes known after I have boarded, but I am fairly confident that City is OK.
My only disappointment is that there isn’t an obvious link to the Elizabeth Line for transiting London.
the BA website says 3.5 hours connection between City and Heathrow, so I have 50 minutes spare for delays.
Presumably if the Dublin>London flight is 50+ Minutes delayed I can ask to be moved to a different flight as I “won’t” make my London to Boston flight.
The issue is if the delay becomes known after I have boarded, but I am fairly confident that City is OK.
My only disappointment is that there isn’t an obvious link to the Elizabeth Line for transiting London.
But if there's an afternoon flight from Dub to the States or Boston,you can ask for that
Bonus is you'll do US pre clearance immigration at DUB,stepping off the plane in the states as if it were domestic
Jul 2, 2022, 5:47 am
#11
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Be careful to be booked on the AA or BA codes though since IE codes do not earn tier points and far fewer Avios. EI are, despite promises, still not a OW member.
