BA in the Times
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Seems they are not advising people with cancelled flights correct/full information as to what they are entitled to under EU law.
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They have advised the cancellations more than 14 days in advance, so no EU261 compensation is applicable.
What people are entitled to is :
A full refund, and this includes flights in the same journey that might be from a different airline (for example, an onward or return flight)
A replacement flight to get to your destination
Or, if you are part way through your journey and don't want a replacement flight, you are entitled to a flight back to the airport you originally departed from.
BA are making it difficult for people to contact them to get information and make changes. An utter disgrace for an airline once considered one of the finest in the world, which has been brought to its knees by a Spaniard who doesn't appear fit to run a churros stand.
What people are entitled to is :
A full refund, and this includes flights in the same journey that might be from a different airline (for example, an onward or return flight)
A replacement flight to get to your destination
Or, if you are part way through your journey and don't want a replacement flight, you are entitled to a flight back to the airport you originally departed from.
BA are making it difficult for people to contact them to get information and make changes. An utter disgrace for an airline once considered one of the finest in the world, which has been brought to its knees by a Spaniard who doesn't appear fit to run a churros stand.
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https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.rte.ie/amp/1070882/
And curiously just before their friends BA are hit by pilot strike chaos? Is this how BA will offload their premium and/or business travellers from busy routes onto old friends in the industry for some sort of backhander? And the ordinary punter due to fly soon with them will mysteriously find themselves offloaded due "overbooking"?!
I see baby's bottom syndrome erupting again.
And curiously just before their friends BA are hit by pilot strike chaos? Is this how BA will offload their premium and/or business travellers from busy routes onto old friends in the industry for some sort of backhander? And the ordinary punter due to fly soon with them will mysteriously find themselves offloaded due "overbooking"?!
I see baby's bottom syndrome erupting again.
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A small escalation: BALPA members involved in the strike are to lose 3 years of staff Travel 'privileges'. That should help settle things down.
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I wonder if anybody else noticed that in his interview with Sky tv yesterday morning, the Cruiser referred to the airline as 'British Airlines'.
Really no hope when the man doesn't even know the name of the airline that he's destroying.
Really no hope when the man doesn't even know the name of the airline that he's destroying.
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Lots of people talking about it on the internet.Capetonian wrote: ↑Tue Sep 10, 2019 11:52 amI wonder if anybody else noticed that in his interview with Sky tv yesterday morning, the Cruiser referred to the airline as 'British Airlines'.
Really no hope when the man doesn't even know the name of the airline that he's destroying.
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More excellent publicity tonight, as BA59 with loads of press on board for the Royal Tour, has gone tech and been delayed 20 hours
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Guess who’s not allowed anywhere near tonight’s Cape Town flight
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... HOURS.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... HOURS.html
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So how much did the DM pay you for this story?
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What sort of snag did the a/c have, that was almost immediately diagnosed as needing 20 hours to fix?
A donk swap?
I suppose that any spare a/c there might have been, is being held back in case it is needed for tonight flight!
A donk swap?
I suppose that any spare a/c there might have been, is being held back in case it is needed for tonight flight!
Cynicism improves with age
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Aircraft returned to service this morning to operate a MIA flight , but it was still nearly 3 hours late
Not sure about a spare aircraft tonight, however there is a RAF Voyager parked at Ex-A’s old stamping ground, don’t know if anyone else is flying out today.
Nothing, aircraft full of journalists, they interviewed themselvesSo how much did the DM pay you for this story?
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Looks like there’s been an aircraft change, flight departs 50 minutes late so farI suppose that any spare a/c there might have been, is being held back in case it is needed for tonight flight!
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Running 33 mins late. 33 secs late and we would be in the *****. They seem to have been given a direct routing. Not officially a Royal Flight though. We would have shoved on loads of extra gas and put the throttles to the wall.
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Just as well they weren't flying Thomas Cook.
As for leaving a bunch of journalists gibbering because they have run out of alcohol while waiting for an aircraft that has gone tech will be a blessing for the young couple and the 30 minutes the Royals lost will 30 minutes less danger of being robbed in South Africa.
Time was when BA was a reasonable airline. Now it has fallen below the status of Rancho Cucamonga Air and is fast descending to the status of Cockroach Air (Delhi's Favourite Airline) or even Thong Air of Thailand...
It is a wretched airline and has been for some time. Ryanair (God help us) would probably do better if they flew long haul!
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At least Ryanair are good at what they do, more than you can say for BA.
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I seem to recall a Royal Flight on Concorde where the crew were very aware of making the 'doors time'. They did but he overshot the red carpet and it took some time to get a tug to push them back onto it. Guess BA do not issue chinagraphs to put marks on the DV window.
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Yes mate - keeping the bloody Unwashed off airlines you choose to travel with.