An update on the British Airways pilot strike

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• Graham Walsh says:

  10 Sep10 September 18:33

  I heard from someone the other day and they said when the staff decides to strike they lose their staff flight benefits for 3 years. Don’t know how true that is, but I’m sure that’s a big loss for staff and a win for BA.

  • Lady London says:

    10 Sep10 September 19:08

    There was coverage in the press on BA possibly threatening this. (possibly leaked deliberately from BA, I suppose).

    However I believe this might count as victimization which is a bit dodgy legally.
    BA would have to be very careful if they are seriously contemplating this.

    • Jonathan says:

      10 Sep10 September 20:39

      BA did this before for previous cabin crew strikes both the original Worldwide crew strike when Mixed Fleet were introduced & the more recent Mixed Fleet strikes. I know they reinstated flight privileges for Mixed Fleet as part of the settlement but can’t remember if & when they did so for the Worldwide crew.

      They also withheld bonuses from those who went on strike.

• Hugh says:

  10 Sep10 September 18:36

  OT; Has anyone had any luck recently recommending themselves for a BAPP Card from gold?

• Geoff says:

  10 Sep10 September 19:37

  OT: We must be some of the last to be changed over from Lloyds Avios Rewards. No new cards yet but got a FX fee from 2 weeks ago on the old amex card. Got it refunded after much protestation but they maintain it is a ‘goodwill gesture’ which I refuted.

  If you are still waiting for new cards, keep a close eye on your statement.

  • BJ says:

    10 Sep10 September 22:46

    And keep looking when you get your new card too, especially if you still have 0% interest.

  • Stewie Griffin says:

    10 Sep10 September 22:50

    Double check this carefully. If the switchover and annual fee refund took place before those transactions (which incurred FX fees) then it’s breach of contract on their part.

    Lloyds got this wrong month after month during switchovers. Ask for it to be escalated as a formal complaint.

• Lawrence says:

  10 Sep10 September 20:14

  Sad to see the removal of Virgin Atlantic reward flight availability from RFF. It truly was a great help in finding reward space. Flying Club should actually be thanking Tim for helping their customers rather than them having to make the tedious trawl through their own site. Poor decision!

• Memesweeper says:

  10 Sep10 September 21:55

  Who do I email at Virgin to complain to? their reward finding functionality isn’t a patch on RFF.

  • happeemonkee says:

    11 Sep11 September 07:56

    you can email them here

    https://www.virginatlantic.com/contactus/pages/comment_complaint/index.jsp

    (choose the “Flying Club” option, and then “General enquiry”

    Tim is saying things are looking positive and he’s hopeful Virgin functionality will be up and running soon. Fingers crossed.

• Oz says:

  10 Sep10 September 22:21

  OT. What would happen if I book a BA business class ticket on its current sale but find I have to change the date later? Would it be a just a change fee or would I have to pay the difference in fare? Last thing I want is to pay the different between the sale price and the non-sale price.

  • BJ says:

    10 Sep10 September 22:43

    It tells you the fare conditions when booking so look and see. You will certainly have to pay the difference in price and any fee that applies. The sale fares may even be nonrefundable and nonchageable.

• Mark says:

  11 Sep11 September 09:12

  Is this part of the above article fully correct?
  “If your flight was cancelled and you accepted a refund or were moved to a non-oneworld carrier, remember to request the Avios and tier points you would have earned from British Airways.”

  All I can see in the T&Cs is this:
  14.6. Where a Member is involuntarily re-routed by British Airways onto another carrier, and the original flight on which the Member was booked would have qualified for Avios points, the Member may still claim such Avios points online at Ba.com.

  and this:

  14.21. Avios points for British Airways flights are credited to the Executive Club Member’s account 48 hours after the departure date of the booking. If your booking is cancelled no Avios points will be awarded.

  So no mention of tier points entitlement, and entitled to the Avios only if rerouted?
  In my situation my flight was cancelled, and I took a refund but chose not to travel at all.
  I might try a claim anyway, but not sure I have a leg to stand on?

  • Rob says:

    11 Sep11 September 10:47

    BA has, in the past, given them during industrial action. I mean, they are extending 241 vouchers expiring Sep/Oct on request and that never happens.

    • Shoestring says:

      11 Sep11 September 11:06

      Mark – read the thread, they usually give them
      https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/british-airways-executive-club/1768202-original-routing-credit-beginner-s-guide.html

• Tim Rogers says:

  11 Sep11 September 09:37

  Tim from Reward Flight Finder here 👋

  Just an update on this: we’re working closely with Virgin Atlantic to get back up and running. They’re being really helpful, and clearly do care about helping people to find availability! Watch this space! We’ll tweet from @rewardflightfdr as soon as we have more news.

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