British Airways strike dates known? The pilot strike may be on – flights pulled from sale

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• meta says:

  22 Aug22 August 22:23

  16th September is a Monday.

  • Rob says:

    22 Aug22 August 22:27

    Fixed!

• Lewis B says:

  22 Aug22 August 22:26

  I have a F class avios booking to Chicago on Sept 26th, happy to fly a day earlier to avoid the strike. Assuming this would be at my own cost?

  • LewisB says:

    22 Aug22 August 23:57

    There’s at least 4 F seats on BA297 to ORD on the 25th according to Expert flyer. Still an A380. 1 seat in Row 1 blocked. Even though I’m on an award ticket if a strike is called are we allowed to call and request to fly the day before?

    • Anna says:

      23 Aug23 August 02:34

      Yes as long as a strike has definitely been announced.

    • Chrisasaurus says:

      23 Aug23 August 06:15

      Yes as long as the rest of the cabin havent moved faster than you…

• Alex says:

  22 Aug22 August 23:28

  I have LHR-CFU on the 26th booked so I really hope this isn’t strike dates! Not exactly like they have a big presence or a number of flights going that way each day 😰

• Richard says:

  22 Aug22 August 23:44

  Wow, revenue flights look very expensive for the 12th September when we have CW redemption to SCL booked. £2k each in economy and CW sold out. Might just be coincidence I guess and we just happen to be on a busy flight.

  • Rob says:

    23 Aug23 August 07:39

    No. Flexible tickets remain on sale because they ARE flexible. Your £2k ticket is valid on other carriers too. Only non-flexible tickets are pulled.

• ChrisC says:

  23 Aug23 August 04:00

  I checked on the BA app and my flights to NYC on one of the dates mentioned is still on sale though for a spectacular amount of money.

  I did read a post on that FT thread earlier Thursday afternoon that basically said because of that change in pricing that they must be the strike dates but that seemed to be someone adding 2 plus 2 and making 747 and a very long standing poster who does know some very senior people at BA basically po poed that notion.

  Others posited it was due to BA adjustments to fares for a bank holiday weekend sale which is also a plausible explanation.

  To be quite honest I’m getting fed up of the speculation and supposition and down right guesses on dates and the blind panic it has sent some people into. The FT thread you linked to shows to its credit the wise heads of experience and knowledge of some compared to the blind stupidity of others where one poorly informed post has sent them into meltdown.

  • 80schickx says:

    23 Aug23 August 08:44

    I fly to LGW-LAS on 27/9 and there is no longer any economy or premium economy on sale.
    Like you say, it could be due to impending strike action, flights in the days prior to this may be strike affected so using my flight to rearrange affected passengers or a bank holiday sale!

    I used to work at Avios and sometimes the redemption flights would be made unavailable for re-pricing due to sales. Like you say, we can speculate until the cows come home. Hope everyone gets to fly on their chosen dates. We’ll see….

• Boris says:

  23 Aug23 August 07:37

  Looks like the flight costs are more far reaching than suggested. Appears flights around November 1st have shot up. Looked for a LAS-LHR return which has nearly tripled in price

• Clare Cheney says:

  23 Aug23 August 08:20

  Your article says BA tickets not available for sale ON the dates listed. Do you mean FOR the dates listed. The first statement does not make sense because it would mean you could not make a booking for any future flights at all for flights on any dates. Why would they do that unless booking staff will be on strike or IT work being done?

  • Andrew says:

    23 Aug23 August 08:24

    Seeing as you’re a pedant – you’ll notice Rob uses the past tense to describe the flights’ removal from sale – therefore they have already been removed and not to be removed (future tense) on the dates he outlines – where you are trying to suggest confusion is. I think it’s pretty obvious what he is trying to say!

    • Clare says:

      23 Aug23 August 09:02

      I wasn’t being pedantic, We’re flying for my special birthday, booked over a year ago and I wanted confidence that strikes would not mess it up. No need to be so rude. It is something that matters very much to us because I am not a well person.

      • Andrew says:

        23 Aug23 August 09:21

        Sorry for any offence caused. But yes, Rob is saying that the rumours are that the dates outlined in his article are going to be strike dates by the pilots. But it’s important to note that these are only unconfirmed rumours and until the pilots announce the strike we don’t know for sure. And even then, they might get called off at the last minute. I hope the strikes don’t affect your travel plans.

      • SimonW says:

        23 Aug23 August 09:38

        How did you book flights “over a year ago” ?… Surely more than a year in advance is not possible when BA only sell tickets 355 days in advance ??

        • mike says:

          23 Aug23 August 13:34

          another pedant to add to the list

      • Mikeact says:

        23 Aug23 August 17:13

        The comment was hardly rude….just spelling it out. To be frank it doesn’t help, when you say you purchased your ticket over a year ago…..I for one would be interested to know how you managed to do that, as it could help me get a couple of tickets to Aus ? Thanks.

• Andrew says:

  23 Aug23 August 08:20

  If you have an Amex platinum card and the flight was booked on an Amex issued Amex card you can claim £250 to spend on clothes if your case is delayed overnight. Just charge the stuff to your Amex card.

  • MikeL says:

    23 Aug23 August 08:25

    I believe baggage delay on the final leg of a trip is excluded from the Amex policy.

    • Andrew says:

      23 Aug23 August 08:32

      Ah yes probably.

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