British Airways expands connection car transfers for premium passengers

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• Andy says:

  19 Sep19 September 10:51

  Very OT, but I’d imagine commenters here have more experience than most at this kind of thing…

  My partner’s parents are currently sat in Dublin airport after their 6:30am Aer Lingus flight to Manchester was cancelled due to high winds. I know that normally this would mean there’s no EU261 compensation due, but looking at the departures for the airport there was a Ryanair flight that left at 6:27am going to Manchester.

  Does that Ryanair flight mean that they should be due to compensation since a flight was able to complete the same route at the same time? Any help would be appreciated as this would be major brownie points if I could get them €250 each!

  • Lady London says:

    19 Sep19 September 11:52

    I’d go after them. ensure you have your facts straight, give them chance to give either 3 refusals or a “final answer” or not confirm they will pay up within 8 weeks, then do moneyclaim dot gov dot uk.

  • Alex W says:

    19 Sep19 September 12:11

    Note that different aircraft types probably have different acceptable wind limits.

    • Andy says:

      19 Sep19 September 12:32

      I hadn’t considered that, very interersting. They look to be about the same to me, but then I don’t know much about flying planes.

      • Stu N says:

        19 Sep19 September 12:53

        Ryanair will be a 737, Aer Lingus will be an ATR72 twin prop. The 737 will be able to fly in conditions that will ground the ATR.

      • swhostring says:

        19 Sep19 September 13:01

        You have zero chance of EU261 success when it’s weather. Each captain has the absolute right to decide if it’s safe to take off or not, regardless of aircraft type.

        You might earn brownie points by telling them they are entitled to Duty of Care (hotel, drinks (not alcohol), phone calls/ comms) until Aer Lingus can get them on a replacement flight.

      • Craig says:

        19 Sep19 September 19:00

        Operators set their own limits, but the 737 and the ATR I would expect to have similar crosswind limits. There’s nothing I can see in the Manchester weather that would stop the arrival, the Dublin departure weather could be on limits but it doesn’t look horrific. Without access to either companies Ops Manuals I could say beyond that. If you can find historical aviation METAR (jargon for actual weather produced every 30 mins at least) and present that it may help. Definitely worth pushing from the quick glance I just had.

      • swhostring says:

        19 Sep19 September 19:17

        Waste of time. There WERE high winds today, the captain simply has to say he’s not willing to take the risk of flying due to bad weather and EC261 claims will always fail.

        Other planes, perhaps similar planes, perhaps not, flying the same route at similar times, won’t change the position.

        It will be classified as extraordinary circs (bad weather), end of. No compo.

  • john says:

    19 Sep19 September 14:00

    Weather can also lead to a reduction in capacity at an airport (particularly Heathrow where bad weather can mean flights need to be spaced out further) in which case some flights can get cancelled whilst others still fly.

    • Lady London says:

      19 Sep19 September 19:17

      It occurred to me that perhaps the incoming flight had not reached due to weather. If that’s the case then you are covered for claim on eu261 as weather issues that the airline can use as an excuse have to be solely affecting your flight not the incoming one that was supposed to provide the plane for your flight I’d go for it.

      • swhostring says:

        19 Sep19 September 19:27

        At 6.30am, won’t it be first flight of the day?

• N says:

  19 Sep19 September 10:54

  Amex cross-referrals are back!

  • Lee says:

    19 Sep19 September 11:18

    It is back, Thanks!

    • New Card says:

      19 Sep19 September 11:47

      Great! Now if only they would credit my missing referral points… (13 days and counting)

      • Jonathan says:

        19 Sep19 September 15:24

        +1 i self referred myself and got the points. but my wife self referred herself and still waiting. Amex say it can take 10 weeks although we all know its usually within a few days. Fingers crossed as i dont think they’ll credit them if i explain it was a self referral, unless anyone here knows anything different?

      • rams1981 says:

        19 Sep19 September 15:27

        My referral to my wife from last week still hasn’t posted despite her cards arriving. Either there’s an issue with my account (my self-referral from a month ago hasn’t posted either) or its taking longer than normal.

  • Alan says:

    19 Sep19 September 20:56

    Good news – I’ve hit my 90k for the year though, so hope they’re still about in Jan!

• Nate1309 says:

  19 Sep19 September 11:07

  OT Does anyone know how strict BA are on the size of baggage for items exceeding the 190x75x65cm limit? I read somewhere that on some planes if its oversize it can go as cargo. How do I find out what these flights are? Its a surfboard I am looking to purchase and bring back from California on a CW ticket. The surfboard in question will probably be 240cm.
  TIA

  • Stu N says:

    19 Sep19 September 14:03

    Have you checked the section on sporting equipment as baggage?

  • john says:

    19 Sep19 September 14:03

    BA’s “Sporting goods and musical instruments” details this and sends you to IAG Cargo page which is unhelpful. You would be better off asking on flyertalk and see what people recommend and/or discussing with BA call centre.

• Lumma says:

  19 Sep19 September 11:17

  OT – it’s 6.15am in New York and I’m at the flagship American Airlines lounge at JFK and they’ve got all the beers locked away. It’s always 5pm somewhere right?

  • swhostring says:

    19 Sep19 September 13:08

    Noon in my books

  • john says:

    19 Sep19 September 14:04

    Yes, but not where you are!

• Libertyscott says:

  19 Sep19 September 11:51

  PVG tends to have more availability on NZ to AKL than HKG IMHO

• Alex W says:

  19 Sep19 September 12:08

  Data point – self-referred from Plat to Nectar on 12 Sep. Approved yesterday and got the 18k MRs ????

• Matt says:

  19 Sep19 September 12:18

  What are the best options for LHR-AMS Business to complete my trip to BKK in January?

  LHR-BKK for the same dates are £2360!!

  • Lumma says:

    19 Sep19 September 13:32

    Why do you want to fly business to Amsterdam?

    • Matt says:

      19 Sep19 September 13:43

      originally looking for LHR-BKK, by booking AMS-BKK, i save.
      By also booking the LHR-AMS business, i’ll get fast-track security and lounge access.

      • john says:

        19 Sep19 September 14:05

        And luggage allowance if applicable

  • BJ says:

    19 Sep19 September 13:55

    KLM, I imagine they they have more frequent flights if anything goes wrong. If you book a business class flight you will have sky priitity benefits. AFAIK KLM still does not offer competitive one way fares so if you are looking for one of those then BA from LHR or Easyjet with extras from elsewhere.

    BA to BKk is horrendous over Chtistmas and new year. £1500rtn in Y, was lucky to get CW seats when they released a bunch about 3 months ago.

  • Lady London says:

    19 Sep19 September 19:20

    It occurred to me that perhaps the incoming flight had not reached due to weather. If that’s the case then you are covered for claim on eu261 as weather issues that the airline can use as an excuse have to be solely affecting your flight not the incoming one that was supposed to provide the plane for your flight I’d go for it.
    Eurostar?

• The Original Nick says:

  19 Sep19 September 12:45

  O:T, just boarded BA 107 LHR-DXB. Was told there no priority boarding anymore. Another great idea.

  • swhostring says:

    19 Sep19 September 13:07

    out-stations (non BA staff) generally don’t enforce it, either – ie they might call Group 1 but if you’re Group 4, they don’t send you to the back of the queue, they just want the plane loaded

    • Lumma says:

      19 Sep19 September 13:32

      Surely LHR isn’t an outstation

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