Bits: more BA strikes, BA (re)launches Flight Pass, triple Miles & More with Best Western

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• Frankie says:

  5 Aug5 August 08:06

  I was on one of the Qatar planes last Friday from Heathrow to Glasgow. We got offered nothing to drink and were all just handed a bag of walkers ready salted crisps.

  • Neil says:

    5 Aug5 August 08:33

    On the Berlin service we got a bag of walkers, Borders biscuits and a g&t.

• Liz says:

  5 Aug5 August 08:36

  Are the flights up and down from EDI-LHR affected by the strikes? We are flying down on 21/8 but staying with friends overnight before our Virgin flight the next day. Hoping this will be ok

  • Tracy says:

    5 Aug5 August 13:55

    Would like to know this too but from Glasgow. Got a weekend booked down to LHR on 18th and back 20th. I’m keeping an eye on my booking on the app……no changes yet

• Joe says:

  5 Aug5 August 08:45

  Hi all. I booked a return flight to jakarta about 6 months ago departing via Globehunters (online travel agent) on 15th August at 10pm from LHR to Doha (BA) then onto Jakarta (Qatar). I noticed yesterday that the first flight had dissappeared from my BA portal so phoned BA and they informed me that it had been cancelled and I needed to comtact the travel agent to sort out. The travel agent has offered me the alternative of flying at 8am. I’m not sure if I can accept this due to flight commitments so have asked about alternatives the following day.

  2 Qs:
  – How do I know if this was cancelled due to strikes?
  – Am I entitled to any compensation from Qatar (that’s who the agent booked all flights through)

  Thanks in advance.

  • the real harry1 says:

    5 Aug5 August 09:01

    was the cancellation notified to Globehunters more than 2 weeks before the 15th August?

    • Joe says:

      5 Aug5 August 14:06

      I don’t know if it was notified to them or not before 14 days. But they certainly didn’t notify me. I was the one to contact them as I saw the missing flight on my BA account and contacted them yesterday. Which is within 14 days from when the flight is due to depart.

      • the real harry1 says:

        5 Aug5 August 20:37

        you need to establish that quantum

        if it is more than 14 days, you are out of luck

• the real harry1 says:

  5 Aug5 August 09:08

  Flight Pass – checked out a few options and it doesn’t look particularly good value, quite the opposite in fact – complete non-starter

  • Isa says:

    5 Aug5 August 09:29

    Yep, same conclusion… LCY-NCE; 6 flights/6 month; 90 days = a ridiculous £133 each way. For reference I usually book at least 3 months in advance and the price is between £155 and £200 return (and between RFS and my 40% Vitality discount I never pay that much anyway :p)
    I could buy flights for this month for less than £133 each way…
    It would only be interesting when booking last minute in busy periods as the up to 1 day before yields a far more interesting £152 each way, but that’s of absolutely no use to me.

    • the real harry1 says:

      5 Aug5 August 20:21

      what’s the 40% Vitality discount?

      • Isa says:

        5 Aug5 August 22:18

        Vitality health insurance, gives a selection of more-or-less useful discounts on various stuff. Amongst other things, I get 40% off 2 BA short haul economy returns a year (but unfortunately it’s not possible to upgrade those bookings with Avios)

        • the real harry1 says:

          6 Aug6 August 07:39

          interesting – thanks

• vol says:

  5 Aug5 August 09:59

  OT – 2 questions:

  1) FairFX sadly did not generate a card for one of my family members and now the replacement hasn’t even arrived.

  What is the best prepaid currency card I can get on the high street, if any? I know the PO one isn’t really the best

  2) I have some MR that I would like to somehow get to my Accor account. Is this at all possible? 😀

  Thanks in advance

  • Genghis says:

    5 Aug5 August 10:18

    2. Via Finnair IIRC but with serious loss in value.

• Jason says:

  5 Aug5 August 12:54

  OT does anyone know when BA release the bulk head seats for booking that aren’t occupied…I think it’s normally 2 or 3 days before the flight?
  Thanks

  • Sussex bantam says:

    5 Aug5 August 14:20

    I can get them 72 hours ahead of flight. I’m Gold Though so not sure if that makes a difference

• Lady London says:

  5 Aug5 August 14:03

  Does anyone know if flightpass tickets have normal luggage allowance?

  • Rob says:

    5 Aug5 August 15:09

    I would assume so, yes.

• martin says:

  5 Aug5 August 14:20

  We’ve had the Qatar planes on the Istanbul route, both directions, 7am out and a 1.50pm return 5 days apart.
  Only thing is we had better seats in club, albeit no short bread biscuits were loaded, they also wouldnt give me nuts in a bag, but served on a plate (wanted bags for car journey)
  No pillows or blankets provided.
  Also the letter they give you at check in says we don’t have to fly Qatar, we can be rescheduled to wait for a BA crewed plane.
  The bottom of the letter then tells you how to claim EU compensation so assume if I’d read the letter before I checked in I could of got the next plane 5 hours later and the compo !

  Award wallet had a cross through original plane listing of Airbus a320 jet with a new listing saying Airbus a320, not sure if that’s the change to Qatar or just coincidence.

  • vlcnc says:

    5 Aug5 August 17:54

    I am off to Istanbul on the 20th for 6 days and actually hoping for one of the Qatar planes! I literally have no joy in flying BA these days, if it wasn’t for Avios with RFS I would never pay full ticket price to fly with them – they have utter contempt for everyone and I actually think it is a disgrace how the (mainly young and more precarious) mixed-fleet crew are being treated so they have my full support. Even without full catering, the gesture from QR is better and it will be nice to be served by people not demoralised and tired and who good at providing fantastic friendly customer service as a result!

    • martin says:

      5 Aug5 August 19:43

      They knew what the pay was for the job when they took it. And the terms and conditions of employment.
      And they have a choice, they don’t have to work for BA.

      • Rob says:

        5 Aug5 August 20:45

        Given the weird way aviation pay works, with a very low base but a huge number of allowances based on the days you fly, nights away from home etc, it isn’t actually true to say that they were given an exact salary figure.

  • Callum says:

    6 Aug6 August 11:09

    Obviously you can’t reject an offer to get you home on time and then also claim EU compensation for being delayed – you are the reason you were delayed!

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