BA flights risk of cancellation.

myaquarium · 23 Nov 21, 07:14 PM

We are looking at flights from Manchester to Orlando with the out bound via Heathrow.
Plenty of time between flights.
But what happens if the Manchester to Heathrow gets cancelled or there�s a timetable change for that leg.
Are BA likely to sort this out on the day or in advance. Or would they cancel the outbound journey to the states.
What happens if part of journey is cancelled.
Thanks in advance.

duchy · 23 Nov 21, 07:17 PM

Why do you think that�s likely now travel is starting up again?
When are you thinking of travelling ?

Peko · 23 Nov 21, 08:49 PM

Originally Posted by myaquarium

We are looking at flights from Manchester to Orlando with the out bound via Heathrow.
Plenty of time between flights.
But what happens if the Manchester to Heathrow gets cancelled or there�s a timetable change for that leg.
Are BA likely to sort this out on the day or in advance. Or would they cancel the outbound journey to the states.
What happens if part of journey is cancelled.
Thanks in advance.

If there were a cancellation / schedule change to the MAN-LHR (which would always be a possibility for flights booked far in advance, with or without the pandemic), BA would offer rebooking options. This would happen fairly soon after the schedule change occurred, but may not be immediate.

The reality would be that there aren�t so many options, since BA has a monopoly on the MAN-LHR route. You might be facing a less appealing connection. Don�t expect to be offered MAN-MCO on Virgin, unless a cancellation making a connection difficult / impossible happened pretty close to date of travel, or actually on the day.

Sometimes airlines will try to offer refund rather than reroute (if reroute will be expensive for them), though you have a legal right to reroute. The airline cannot simply cancel your tickets if flights are operating and you wish to travel. If other sectors were cancelled / rescheduled (eg LHR-MCO or any of the return flights), the same process applies. A long haul cancellation would likely result in a rebooking offer via an AA hub such as MIA, PHL etc, or maybe a switch to an LGW flight if one were operating. .

Obviously if an exceptional event like another US border closure happened, that would be different and many flights could cancel, but you may not wish / be able to travel in that event.

I wouldn�t worry about it too much at this stage, if you�re prepared to do a connecting flight you should just be aware that changes can happen, and in that event research your preferred alternative before speaking to the airline. Equally, it could all be fine and no changes happen, or none that are material.

myaquarium · 23 Nov 21, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by duchy

Why do you think that�s likely now travel is starting up again?
When are you thinking of travelling ?

Not till the summer. Have only ever travelled from an uk airport directly abroad.
Never done an internal flight as part of the whole fare.
To save money the cheapest option is just that.
I�m not sure the situation if part of the trip is cancelled or altered. Thanks again.

myaquarium · 23 Nov 21, 08:57 PM

Originally Posted by Peko

If there were a cancellation / schedule change to the MAN-LHR (which would always be a possibility for flights booked far in advance, with or without the pandemic), BA would offer rebooking options. This would happen fairly soon after the schedule change occurred, but may not be immediate.

The reality would be that there aren�t so many options, since BA has a monopoly on the MAN-LHR route. You might be facing a less appealing connection. Don�t expect to be offered MAN-MCO on Virgin, unless a cancellation making a connection difficult / impossible happened pretty close to date of travel, or actually on the day.

Sometimes airlines will try to offer refund rather than reroute (if reroute will be expensive for them), though you have a legal right to reroute. The airline cannot simply cancel your tickets if flights are operating and you wish to travel. If other sectors were cancelled / rescheduled (eg LHR-MCO or any of the return flights), the same process applies. A long haul cancellation would likely result in a rebooking offer via an AA hub such as MIA, PHL etc, or maybe a switch to an LGW flight if one were operating. .

Obviously if an exceptional event like another US border closure happened, that would be different and many flights could cancel, but you may not wish / be able to travel in that event.

I wouldn�t worry about it too much at this stage, if you�re prepared to do a connecting flight you should just be aware that changes can happen, and in that event research your preferred alternative before speaking to the airline. Equally, it could all be fine and no changes happen, or none that are material.

Thanks for that info. It�s a saving of over �150 each doing the Heathrow switch. That�s nearly a grand fir the party.

Stitch & Smudge · 23 Nov 21, 09:00 PM

Traveling from Scottish airports, what you are doing is often our only option. If you�re first leg has an issue then it�s the airlines responsibility to make arrangements to get you there. Even if was to mean flying down the night before they will endeavour to get you on that flight somehow but I don�t think you need to worry about it.

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